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Coordinates on AGD84


  Longitude Latitude AHD height
  (degs/dms) (degs/dms) (above sea level)
W196 149.5489798 $-$30.3144576 209.30m
  149 32 56.327 $-$30 18 52.048  
MOPRA 149.0984643 $-$31.2693808 837.94m
  149 05 54.472 $-$31 16 09.771  
PARKES 148.2623007 $-$32.9999629 391.52m
  148 15 44.283 $-$32 59 59.866  

Notes: The figures are derived from geocentric Cartesian coordinates using the Higgins (1987) seven-parameter transformation of WGS84 to AGD84. The latter is a coordinate system specific to Australia, using a non-geocentric spheroidal fit to the local geoid (the ANS, or Australian National Spheroid). The AHD height is height above mean sea-level or (equivalently) height above the geoid. For Narrabri, the AHD is that quoted in the surveyors' report (AT/15.6.1/003, AT/15.6.2/012). For Parkes and Mopra, values of N[WGS84] (height of the geoid above the WGS84 spheroid) are were interpolated on AUSGEOID93 (from OSU91).

Latitudes and longitudes read from Australian topographic maps are invariably in the above system or a precursor (eg AGD66). Some GPS receivers also allow positional data to be displayed in this system.


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Robin Wark 2006-10-24