Summary

A national geodetic system and its associated national survey control system are fundamental components of a nation’s infrastructure.  The unique property of a geodetic system is its ability to allow the integration of multiple geographically dependent data sources into a single geographic reference frame.

 This LINZstandard defines the

• New Zealand Geodetic Datum 2000 (NZGD2000), the official national geodetic datum for New Zealand,
• parameters that define NZGD2000,
• NZGD2000 deformation model, which allows the transformation of coordinates from the reference epoch 2000.0 to any other time, and
• the transformation parameters between NZGD2000 and other historic and commonly used geodetic datums in New Zealand

Any person using NZGD2000 must comply with this standard.