Posted on January 19, 2023 (Updated on July 10, 2025)

Error While Converting UTM data to Lat-Long Coordinate

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Does UTM use Lat Long?

Instead of using latitude and longitude coordinates, each 6° wide UTM zone has a central meridian of 500,000 meters. This central meridian is an arbitrary value convenient for avoiding any negative easting coordinates.
 

How do I convert lat long to UTM in Excel?

How to Convert Lat Long to UTM?

  1. Click on Login button enter your credentials to login.
  2. Once login to website, click on LatLong to UTM Conversion menu under Modules Main Menu.
  3. Click on Browse button to select LatLong CSV file.
  4. Then select Map Datum to conversion.
  5. Click on Convert to UTM button.

How do I convert Google coordinates to UTM?

Quote from video: And you can see a dialog box here that means Google Earth options here you have to go show lat/long. Okay you have to change the degree minute second format to Universal transverse Mercator.

How do you convert decimal to UTM in Excel?

Quote from video: As soon as we pasted our our our our data this excel tool even uh select our zone and even our band. Okay so for me everything now is done let me select my coordinates.

Is UTM or Lat Long more accurate?

One system is no more or less accurate than the other. They are just two different ways of positioning a point. Many experienced users prefer UTM over latitude/longitude when using 7.5′ topographic quadrangle maps.

How to convert easting and northing to latitude and longitude?

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What is the format for UTM coordinates?

The UTM system consists of 60 zones, each 6-degrees of longitude in width. The zones are numbered 1-60, beginning at 180-degrees longitude and increasing to the east.

How are UTM coordinates written?

For locations north of the equator, give the zone number, the letter “N”, and the distance from the central meridian in meters. For example, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, which is located at lat/long 18.5425*, – 72.3386*, has UTM coordinates of 18N 780950E 2052283N.

What units does UTM use?

Answer: UTM is always in meters so there will NOT be a UTM feet projection out there. If you really need to see your UTM data IN feet, then you can follow these instructions to change the units. Essentially, you will reproject the data to a new UTM coordinate system and modify it so that it uses feet instead of meters.