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<font size="2" face="Dialog">Hi,</font> </p>
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<font size="2" face="Dialog">I've got a problem with the results of the NZMG projection. </font> </p>
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<font size="2" face="Dialog">Using proj 4.7.1 (23 sept 2009), I got :</font> </p>
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<font size="2" face="Dialog">>proj -I +proj=nzmg</font> </p>
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<font size="2" face="Dialog">#2864916.8 6160570.9</font> </p>
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<font size="2" face="Dialog">#177d8'19.853"E39d41'14.816"S</font> </p>
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<font size="2" face="Dialog">But when I check my results with the Land Information New Zealand (LINZ)</font><br> </p>
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<i><a href="http://www.linz.govt.nz/geodetic/conversion-coordinates/online-conversion-service/converter/index.aspx"><font size="2" face="Dialog" color="#0000ff"><u>http://www.linz.govt.nz/geodetic/conversion-coordinates/online-conversion-service/converter/index.aspx</u></font></a></i> </p>
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<font size="2" face="Dialog">I got :</font> </p>
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<font size="2" face="Dialog"># New Zealand Map Grid Northing Easting : 6160570.9 2864916.8        </font> </p>
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<font size="2" face="Dialog"># World Geodetic System 1984 Latitude Longitude : 39 41 08.483 S 177 08 20.625 E</font> </p>
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<font size="2" face="Dialog">That is more than 6 minutes difference in Latitude !...</font> </p>
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<font size="2" face="Dialog">Both seems to use the same datum NZGD49.</font> </p>
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<font size="2" face="Dialog">I doubt that LINZ could be wrong...</font> </p>
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<font size="2" face="Dialog">So may be I did something wrong ?</font> </p>
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<font size="2" face="Dialog">Thanks for any help.</font> </p>
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<font size="2" face="Dialog">Claire</font> </p>
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