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Posted on February 14, 2023 (Updated on July 10, 2025)

OpenLayers transform EPSG 27700 coordinate to Google 900913

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What projection is 900913?

Answer. 900913 is used as a well-known ID (WKID) by some Web services for the spherical Mercator-based coordinate system used by Bing maps and Google maps. The 900913 value is a representation of the Google name and originated in the blog entry, Google Projection: 900913.
 

How do I get XYZ coordinates from Google Maps?

Degrees, Minutes, Seconds: such as 37°25’19.07″N, 122°05’06.24″W. Degrees, Decimal Minutes: such as 32° 18.385′ N 122° 36.875′ W.



  1. Open Google Earth.
  2. At the top, click Tools. Options.
  3. Click 3D View. Then, under “Show Lat/Long,” choose a display format.
  4. Click OK. Coordinates will be displayed in the lower right corner.


What coordinate reference system does Google Maps use?

(Google uses the World Geodetic System WGS84 standard.) World coordinates, which reference a point on the map uniquely.

How do I add multiple coordinates in Google Earth?

Add longitude and latitude from a CSV file

  1. On your computer, open Google Earth Pro.
  2. Click File.
  3. Browse to the location of the CSV file and open it.
  4. In the box that appears, next to Field Type, choose Delimited.
  5. Next to Delimited, choose Comma.

What is EPSG code in projection?

Answer. EPSG stands for European Petroleum Survey Group. They publish a database of coordinate system information plus some very good related documents on map projections and datums. The Projection Engine uses a modified version of the EPSG model.

What are the three 3 types of projections?

Each of the main projection types—conic, cylindrical, and planar—are illustrated below.

  • Conic (tangent) A cone is placed over a globe.
  • Conic (secant) A cone is placed over a globe but cuts through the surface.
  • Cylindrical aspects. A cylinder is placed over a globe.
  • Planar aspects.
  • Polar aspect (different perspectives)


How do I convert GPS coordinates to Google Maps?

On your computer, open Google Maps. In the search box, enter your coordinates.



Enter coordinates to find a place

  1. Decimal degrees (DD): 41.40338, 2.17403.
  2. Degrees, minutes, and seconds (DMS): 41°24’12.2″N 2°10’26.5″E.
  3. Degrees and decimal minutes (DMM): 41 24.2028, 2 10.4418.


How do I change coordinate system in Google Maps?

Quote from video: But you can change these settings as per your required coordinate system to do this go to tools menu and click options fault values for displaying latitude longitude is degree minutes seconds.

What type of projection is WGS 1984?

For example, the “WGS84 projection” is a geographic one. A UTM projection is a projected one. Either of these will use only one datum. However, the data on the map could have come from multiple sources, all with unique projections and therefore datums.
 

Is WGS84 a projection or datum?

WGS84 is defined and maintained by the United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA). It is consistent, to about 1cm, with the International Terrestrial Reference Frame (ITRF). It is a global datum, which means that coordinates change over time for objects which are fixed in the ground.

Is EPSG 4326 projected?

EPSG 4326 (i.e. WGS 84) is not a projection. But if you don’t associate a projection to this geographic coordinate system, and naively render the coordinates as x/y coordinates on a grid, you do get something that is sort of a projection: the pseudo plate carée (equirectangular) projection.
 

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