Choosing Projected Coordinate System for Western Australia?

What projected coordinate system does Western Australia use?

In Australia, the standard projection used with projected coordinate systems is the Map Grid of Australia (MGA94) which utilises the Geocentric Datum of Australia (GDA).

What projected coordinate system should I use?

Your choice of a projected coordinate system depends on many factors, including the part of the world you are mapping, the scale of your map, and the purpose of your map. You want to choose a projected coordinate system in which the places and properties that are most important to your map are the least distorted.

What is the best projection for Australia?

The Lambert Conformal Conic is the preferred projection for regional maps in mid-latitudes. In Australia the national mapping agency prefers to use this projection using 18° and 36° South as the two Standard Parallels.

What projected coordinate system is Australia?

GDA2020 is based on a realisation of the ITRF2014 at epoch 2020.0, or . This means the coordinates in Australia are projected forward to the date of . The Geocentric Datum of Australia 1994 (GDA94) was based on the realisation of ITRF1992 at epoch 1994.0, or 1 January 1994.

What is the EPSG for Western Australia?

Australia – Western Australia – Perth – EPSG:4462.

What UTM zone is Western Australia?

UTM zone 55S

WGS 84 / UTM zone 55S



Area of use: Between 144°E and 150°E, southern hemisphere between 80°S and equator, onshore and offshore.

Is WGS84 a projected coordinate system?

Coordinate Reference Systems Intro. In QGIS the default projection, or CRS, is WGS84 Geographic Coordinate System. The WGS84 CRS has become a global standard for latitude and longitude positions, such as those captured with GPS devices.

Is WGS 1984 a projected or geographic coordinate system?

A map will have only one coordinate system, either Geographic or Projected in our software’s terminology. For example, the “WGS84 projection” is a geographic one. A UTM projection is a projected one.
 

Is UTM a projected coordinate system?

UTM is the acronym for Universal Transverse Mercator, a plane coordinate grid system named for the map projection on which it is based (Transverse Mercator). The UTM system consists of 60 zones, each 6-degrees of longitude in width.

Is WGS84 the same as UTM?

The difference is that WGS 84 is a geographic coordinate system, and UTM is a projected coordinate system. Geographic coordinate systems are based on a spheroid and utilize angular units (degrees).
 

Is WGS84 a projection system?

For example, the “WGS84 projection” is a geographic one. A UTM projection is a projected one. Either of these will use only one datum. However, the data on the map could have come from multiple sources, all with unique projections and therefore datums.
 

Is GDA94 the same as WGS84?

It became standard practice to transform high-accuracy authoritative datasets (for example, state-wide imagery or cadastre) from a regional datum into this global datum as a basis for web mapping. In Australia authoritative data in GDA94 was often simply renamed to WGS 84 (via a null transformation) for web mapping.