🌍 GEODETIC REFERENCE
Surveying in Australia
GDA2020 replaced GDA94 to account for ~1.8m of plate motion. The Map Grid of Australia (MGA) is UTM-based. Free PPP via AUSPOS.
National datum
GDA2020
Vertical datum
AHD (Australian Height Datum)
UTM zones
MGA 49S through 56S
CORS stations (our DB)
25
Mapping authority
Geoscience Australia + ICSM
Projected coordinate systems & EPSG codes
GDA2020 (geographic)EPSG:7844 →GDA2020 / MGA zone 55EPSG:7855 →
GDA2020 / MGA zones 49-56multiple codes