Height Transformation Examples

The following table provides examples of the transformation of heights between different datums and systems.

  • Ellipsoid to Normal-Orthometric
  • Normal-Orthometric to Normal-Orthometric

Ellipsoid to Normal-Orthometric

  Latitude Longitude Height
NZGD2000 41° 10' 48.510" S 175° 39' 07.791" E 590.79m
Wellington 1953     574.65m
NZGD2000 39° 25' 36.554" S 175° 41' 10.263" E 912.62m
Moturiki 1953     890.86m

Normal-Orthometric to Normal-Orthometric

  Latitude Longitude Height
Wellington 1953 40° 20' 10.896" S 175° 50' 19.408" E 73.88m
Moturiki 1953     73.70m
Nelson 1955 41° 33' 04.243" S 173° 34' 26.661" E 139.86m
Lyttelton 1937     139.95m