New Zealand Geodetic Datum 1949

Attributes

Ellipsoid: International 1924

Prime meridian: Greenwich

Data source: EPSG

Information source: Land Information New Zealand. http://www.linz.govt.nz/rcs/linz/pub/web/root/core/SurveySystem/GeodeticInfo/GeodeticDatums/nzgd2000factsheet/index.jsp

Revision date: 2008-06-24

Scope: Geodesy, cadastre, engineering survey, topographic mapping.

Remarks: Replaced by New Zealand Geodetic Datum 2000 (code 6167) from March 2000.

Area of use: New Zealand - North Island, South Island, Stewart Island - onshore and nearshore.

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WGS84 bounds:
179.27 -47.65
165.87 -33.89

Definition: OGC Well Known Text

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DATUM["New_Zealand_Geodetic_Datum_1949",
    SPHEROID["International 1924",6378388,297,
        AUTHORITY["EPSG","7022"]],
    AUTHORITY["EPSG","6272"]]

Definition: OGC Well Known Text 2 (2019)

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DATUM["New Zealand Geodetic Datum 1949",
    ELLIPSOID["International 1924",6378388,297,
        LENGTHUNIT["metre",1]],
    ID["EPSG",6272]]

Definition: ESRI Well Known Text

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DATUM["D_New_Zealand_1949",
    SPHEROID["International_1924",6378388.0,297.0]]

Definition: JSON

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{
    "$schema": "https://proj.org/schemas/v0.7/projjson.schema.json",
    "type": "GeodeticReferenceFrame",
    "name": "New Zealand Geodetic Datum 1949",
    "ellipsoid": {
        "name": "International 1924",
        "semi_major_axis": 6378388,
        "inverse_flattening": 297
    },
    "scope": "Geodesy, cadastre, engineering survey, topographic mapping.",
    "area": "New Zealand - North Island, South Island, Stewart Island - onshore and nearshore.",
    "bbox": {
        "south_latitude": -47.65,
        "west_longitude": 165.87,
        "north_latitude": -33.89,
        "east_longitude": 179.27
    },
    "id": {
        "authority": "EPSG",
        "code": 6272
    }
}

Definition: GeoServer

6272-datum=DATUM["New_Zealand_Geodetic_Datum_1949",SPHEROID["International 1924",6378388,297,AUTHORITY["EPSG","7022"]],AUTHORITY["EPSG","6272"]]

EPSG:6272