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GrexMorgan

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May 12, 2005, 7:27:51 PM5/12/05
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I'm filling out some paper work on my house and I need the Northing
and Easting values for it's location. I've determined what the
longitude and latitude are, and I used and on-line conversion tool to
get the UTM Coordinate (I think). I thought this was the Northing and
Easting but the numbers are quite long - much longer than I'm given
space for - so now I'm really not sure what I have or what I need.

Here is what I need to fill out:

Zone Easting Northing
__ ______ _______


Here is the information I have

Longitude -124.1587
Latitude 40.79998

X=402256.57096166647
Y=4517199.178978456
Zone = 10

Can anyone help me decipher these numbers into Northing and Easting
values?

Thank you,

Greg

Chuck Taylor

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May 12, 2005, 9:20:05 PM5/12/05
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On 12 May 2005 16:27:51 -0700, "GrexMorgan"
<gdeb...@windsweptsoftware.com> wrote:

>I'm filling out some paper work on my house and I need the Northing
>and Easting values for it's location. I've determined what the
>longitude and latitude are, and I used and on-line conversion tool to
>get the UTM Coordinate (I think). I thought this was the Northing and
>Easting but the numbers are quite long - much longer than I'm given
>space for - so now I'm really not sure what I have or what I need.


State plane, perhaps? Does the paperwork say anything in addition to
"zone, easting, and northing"?

Note also that everything to the right of the decimal point for the
easting and northing is probably unnecessary in this case.


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Bob Downie

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May 13, 2005, 4:52:42 AM5/13/05
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In message <1115940471.4...@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
GrexMorgan <gdeb...@windsweptsoftware.com> writes
Simply, Easting = X, Northing =Y.

The X and Y you give are indeed the correct UTM's for your lat-long (UTM
Zone 10N) using WGS84 datum.

Cheers

Bob
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Bob Downie

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May 13, 2005, 9:40:18 AM5/13/05
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>Note also that everything to the right of the decimal point for the
>easting and northing is probably unnecessary in this case.
>
>
Absolutely

just use

Easting = 402256
Northing = 4517199

Best regards

GrexMorgan

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May 13, 2005, 7:31:48 PM5/13/05
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Thank you. I confirmed this using http://www.topozone.com/viewmaps.asp

They have textboxes for zone, northing and easting. By removing the
fraction and typing in what remains it brought up a map showing my
house with a star.

Greg

Ed McNierney

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May 15, 2005, 2:01:20 PM5/15/05
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Greg -

You probably have the wrong numbers!

I'm going to guess that the "paper work" is some sort of permit to do
something. If that permit is issued by a state or local authority, it
is almost certainly (as was suggested) looking for Easting and Northing
coordinates in the local zone for your State Plane Coordinate System
(SPCS). This is NOT UTM, but a different coordinate system entirely.
If the "paper work" does not explicitly ask for a "Zone" or "UTM Zone"
then it is even more likely that you're looking for SPCS values.

If the application is a California permit or application, you will
probably want 665096N 1817867E as your coordinates, as they are the
SPCS values for the same location.

- Ed

Ed McNierney
President and Chief Mapmaker
TopoZone.com

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