NZTM2000 map tile service schema

Find the information you need to understand the Toitū Te Whenua implementation of its NZTM2000 map tile services.

NZTM2000 (ESPG:2193) is a New Zealand projected east/north coordinate system. NZTM2000 is maintained by Toitū Te Whenua.

This tile set is useful for New Zealand spatial professionals and can be used for desktop GIS mapping. It is also recommended for web applications when area and distances need to be well represented on the map.

This tile set has coverage of the New Zealand mainland.

The following definition describes the scale set for LINZ Data Service NZTM2000-supported tile services and LINZ Basemap NZTM APIs. This scale set has been created to provide a consistently styled zoom map stack for easier interpretation of mapping between zoom thresholds.

Specification

Tile information

mm per pixel0.28
DPI90.71428571428571
Tile size256 (W) x 256 (H)
Origin X-1000000
Origin Y10000000

Full extent

Min X274000
Max X3327000
Min Y3087000
Max Y7173000
Bounds (WKT)POLYGON ((274000 7173000, 3327000 7173000, 3327000 3087000, 274000 3087000, 274000 7173000))

Zoom levels

The NZTM2000 tile services have 17 levels of detail.

Zoom levelScaleResolution (pixel size m)
0320000008960
1160000004480
280000002240
340000001120
42000000560
51000000280
6500000140
725000070
810000028
95000014
10250007
11100002.8
1250001.4
1325000.7
1410000.28
155000.14
162500.07