EPSG:20256

AGD66 / AMG zone 56

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Available transformations
to EPSG:7844
EPSG:7844 - GDA2020

  • Australia - Australian Capital Territory. , accuracy 0.05 m, code 9185 (default) [7]

Selected transformation

Method: Coordinate Frame rotation (geog2D domain)

Remarks: This transformation is for users wanting to apply a 7-parameter conformal transformation from AGD66 to GDA2020 in the ACT.

Information source: Environment Planning and Sustainable Development Directorate, ACT Government.

Revision date: 2019-06-28

Attributes

Unit: metre

Geodetic CRS: AGD66

Datum: Australian Geodetic Datum 1966

Ellipsoid: Australian National Spheroid

Prime meridian: Greenwich

Data source: EPSG

Revision date: 2011-07-20

Scope: Engineering survey, topographic mapping.

Area of use: Australia - onshore and offshore between 150°E and 156°E. Papua New Guinea onshore east of 150°E.

Coordinate system: Cartesian 2D CS. Axes: easting, northing (E,N). Orientations: east, north. UoM: m.

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Center coordinates
144411.86 6061500.32

Projected bounds:
113447.73 6015338.79
175096.54 6107554.24

WGS84 bounds:
148.76 -35.93
149.4 -35.12

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Definition: OGC Well Known Text

PROJCS["AGD66 / AMG zone 56",
    GEOGCS["AGD66",
        DATUM["Australian_Geodetic_Datum_1966",
            SPHEROID["Australian National Spheroid",6378160,298.25],
            TOWGS84[-136.9703,-37.5638,124.4242,-0.25676,-0.42966,-0.30077,-4.61966]],
        PRIMEM["Greenwich",0,
            AUTHORITY["EPSG","8901"]],
        UNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433,
            AUTHORITY["EPSG","9122"]],
        AUTHORITY["EPSG","4202"]],
    PROJECTION["Transverse_Mercator"],
    PARAMETER["latitude_of_origin",0],
    PARAMETER["central_meridian",153],
    PARAMETER["scale_factor",0.9996],
    PARAMETER["false_easting",500000],
    PARAMETER["false_northing",10000000],
    UNIT["metre",1,
        AUTHORITY["EPSG","9001"]],
    AXIS["Easting",EAST],
    AXIS["Northing",NORTH],
    AUTHORITY["EPSG","20256"]]

Definition: OGC Well Known Text 2 (2019)

BOUNDCRS[
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        PROJCRS["AGD66 / AMG zone 56",
            BASEGEOGCRS["AGD66",
                DATUM["Australian Geodetic Datum 1966",
                    ELLIPSOID["Australian National Spheroid",6378160,298.25,
                        LENGTHUNIT["metre",1]]],
                PRIMEM["Greenwich",0,
                    ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433]],
                ID["EPSG",4202]],
            CONVERSION["Australian Map Grid zone 56",
                METHOD["Transverse Mercator",
                    ID["EPSG",9807]],
                PARAMETER["Latitude of natural origin",0,
                    ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433],
                    ID["EPSG",8801]],
                PARAMETER["Longitude of natural origin",153,
                    ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433],
                    ID["EPSG",8802]],
                PARAMETER["Scale factor at natural origin",0.9996,
                    SCALEUNIT["unity",1],
                    ID["EPSG",8805]],
                PARAMETER["False easting",500000,
                    LENGTHUNIT["metre",1],
                    ID["EPSG",8806]],
                PARAMETER["False northing",10000000,
                    LENGTHUNIT["metre",1],
                    ID["EPSG",8807]]],
            CS[Cartesian,2],
                AXIS["(E)",east,
                    ORDER[1],
                    LENGTHUNIT["metre",1]],
                AXIS["(N)",north,
                    ORDER[2],
                    LENGTHUNIT["metre",1]],
            USAGE[
                SCOPE["Engineering survey, topographic mapping."],
                AREA["Australia - onshore and offshore between 150°E and 156°E. Papua New Guinea onshore east of 150°E."],
                BBOX[-46.44,150,-2.32,156]],
            ID["EPSG",20256]]],
    TARGETCRS[
        GEOGCRS["WGS 84",
            ENSEMBLE["World Geodetic System 1984 ensemble",
                MEMBER["World Geodetic System 1984 (Transit)"],
                MEMBER["World Geodetic System 1984 (G730)"],
                MEMBER["World Geodetic System 1984 (G873)"],
                MEMBER["World Geodetic System 1984 (G1150)"],
                MEMBER["World Geodetic System 1984 (G1674)"],
                MEMBER["World Geodetic System 1984 (G1762)"],
                MEMBER["World Geodetic System 1984 (G2139)"],
                ELLIPSOID["WGS 84",6378137,298.257223563,
                    LENGTHUNIT["metre",1]],
                ENSEMBLEACCURACY[2.0]],
            PRIMEM["Greenwich",0,
                ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433]],
            CS[ellipsoidal,2],
                AXIS["geodetic latitude (Lat)",north,
                    ORDER[1],
                    ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433]],
                AXIS["geodetic longitude (Lon)",east,
                    ORDER[2],
                    ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433]],
            USAGE[
                SCOPE["Horizontal component of 3D system."],
                AREA["World."],
                BBOX[-90,-180,90,180]],
            ID["EPSG",4326]]],
    ABRIDGEDTRANSFORMATION["Transformation from unknown to WGS84",
        METHOD["Position Vector transformation (geog2D domain)",
            ID["EPSG",9606]],
        PARAMETER["X-axis translation",-136.9703,
            ID["EPSG",8605]],
        PARAMETER["Y-axis translation",-37.5638,
            ID["EPSG",8606]],
        PARAMETER["Z-axis translation",124.4242,
            ID["EPSG",8607]],
        PARAMETER["X-axis rotation",-0.25676,
            ID["EPSG",8608]],
        PARAMETER["Y-axis rotation",-0.42966,
            ID["EPSG",8609]],
        PARAMETER["Z-axis rotation",-0.30077,
            ID["EPSG",8610]],
        PARAMETER["Scale difference",0.99999538034,
            ID["EPSG",8611]]]]

Definition: ESRI Well Known Text

PROJCS["AGD_1966_AMG_Zone_56",
    GEOGCS["GCS_Australian_1966",
        DATUM["D_Australian_1966",
            SPHEROID["Australian",6378160.0,298.25]],
        PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],
        UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]],
    PROJECTION["Transverse_Mercator"],
    PARAMETER["False_Easting",500000.0],
    PARAMETER["False_Northing",10000000.0],
    PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",153.0],
    PARAMETER["Scale_Factor",0.9996],
    PARAMETER["Latitude_Of_Origin",0.0],
    UNIT["Meter",1.0]]

Definition: PROJ.4

+proj=utm +zone=56 +south +ellps=aust_SA +towgs84=-136.9703,-37.5638,124.4242,-0.25676,-0.42966,-0.30077,-4.61966 +units=m +no_defs +type=crs

Definition: JavaScript (Proj4js) 

proj4.defs("EPSG:20256","+proj=utm +zone=56 +south +ellps=aust_SA +towgs84=-136.9703,-37.5638,124.4242,-0.25676,-0.42966,-0.30077,-4.61966 +units=m +no_defs +type=crs");

Definition: JSON

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                }
            },
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                    {
                        "name": "Geodetic latitude",
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                    },
                    {
                        "name": "Geodetic longitude",
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                        "unit": "degree"
                    }
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                    "code": 9807
                }
            },
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                    "value": 0,
                    "unit": "degree",
                    "id": {
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                        "code": 8801
                    }
                },
                {
                    "name": "Longitude of natural origin",
                    "value": 153,
                    "unit": "degree",
                    "id": {
                        "authority": "EPSG",
                        "code": 8802
                    }
                },
                {
                    "name": "Scale factor at natural origin",
                    "value": 0.9996,
                    "unit": "unity",
                    "id": {
                        "authority": "EPSG",
                        "code": 8805
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                },
                {
                    "name": "False easting",
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                    "unit": "metre",
                    "id": {
                        "authority": "EPSG",
                        "code": 8806
                    }
                },
                {
                    "name": "False northing",
                    "value": 10000000,
                    "unit": "metre",
                    "id": {
                        "authority": "EPSG",
                        "code": 8807
                    }
                }
            ]
        },
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                    "name": "Easting",
                    "abbreviation": "E",
                    "direction": "east",
                    "unit": "metre"
                },
                {
                    "name": "Northing",
                    "abbreviation": "N",
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                }
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                },
                {
                    "name": "World Geodetic System 1984 (G730)",
                    "id": {
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                        "code": 1152
                    }
                },
                {
                    "name": "World Geodetic System 1984 (G873)",
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                },
                {
                    "name": "World Geodetic System 1984 (G1150)",
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                        "code": 1154
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                },
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                    "name": "World Geodetic System 1984 (G1674)",
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                },
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                    "name": "World Geodetic System 1984 (G1762)",
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                        "code": 1156
                    }
                },
                {
                    "name": "World Geodetic System 1984 (G2139)",
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        },
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                    "name": "Geodetic latitude",
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                    "direction": "north",
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                {
                    "name": "Geodetic longitude",
                    "abbreviation": "Lon",
                    "direction": "east",
                    "unit": "degree"
                }
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        },
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            },
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            },
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}

Definition: GeoServer

20256=PROJCS["AGD66 / AMG zone 56",GEOGCS["AGD66",DATUM["Australian_Geodetic_Datum_1966",SPHEROID["Australian National Spheroid",6378160,298.25],TOWGS84[-136.9703,-37.5638,124.4242,-0.25676,-0.42966,-0.30077,-4.61966]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0,AUTHORITY["EPSG","8901"]],UNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433,AUTHORITY["EPSG","9122"]],AUTHORITY["EPSG","4202"]],PROJECTION["Transverse_Mercator"],PARAMETER["latitude_of_origin",0],PARAMETER["central_meridian",153],PARAMETER["scale_factor",0.9996],PARAMETER["false_easting",500000],PARAMETER["false_northing",10000000],UNIT["metre",1,AUTHORITY["EPSG","9001"]],AXIS["Easting",EAST],AXIS["Northing",NORTH],AUTHORITY["EPSG","20256"]]

Definition: MapServer - MAPfile

PROJECTION
	"proj=utm"
	"zone=56"
	"south"
	"ellps=aust_SA"
	"towgs84=-136.9703,-37.5638,124.4242,-0.25676,-0.42966,-0.30077,-4.61966"
	"units=m"
	"no_defs"
	"type=crs"
END

Definition: Mapnik

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Map srs="+proj=utm +zone=56 +south +ellps=aust_SA +towgs84=-136.9703,-37.5638,124.4242,-0.25676,-0.42966,-0.30077,-4.61966 +units=m +no_defs +type=crs">
	<Layer srs="+proj=utm +zone=56 +south +ellps=aust_SA +towgs84=-136.9703,-37.5638,124.4242,-0.25676,-0.42966,-0.30077,-4.61966 +units=m +no_defs +type=crs">
	</Layer>
</Map>

Definition: SQL (PostGIS)

INSERT into spatial_ref_sys (srid, auth_name, auth_srid, proj4text, srtext) values ( 20256, 'EPSG', 20256, '+proj=utm +zone=56 +south +ellps=aust_SA +towgs84=-136.9703,-37.5638,124.4242,-0.25676,-0.42966,-0.30077,-4.61966 +units=m +no_defs +type=crs', 'PROJCS["AGD66 / AMG zone 56",GEOGCS["AGD66",DATUM["Australian_Geodetic_Datum_1966",SPHEROID["Australian National Spheroid",6378160,298.25],TOWGS84[-136.9703,-37.5638,124.4242,-0.25676,-0.42966,-0.30077,-4.61966]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0,AUTHORITY["EPSG","8901"]],UNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433,AUTHORITY["EPSG","9122"]],AUTHORITY["EPSG","4202"]],PROJECTION["Transverse_Mercator"],PARAMETER["latitude_of_origin",0],PARAMETER["central_meridian",153],PARAMETER["scale_factor",0.9996],PARAMETER["false_easting",500000],PARAMETER["false_northing",10000000],UNIT["metre",1,AUTHORITY["EPSG","9001"]],AXIS["Easting",EAST],AXIS["Northing",NORTH],AUTHORITY["EPSG","20256"]]');