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NAD27 to NAD83 coordinate converter
Old tower records, deeds and FAA studies often give coordinates in NAD27; today's FCC filings use NAD83. Convert either way with NOAA's official NADCON 5 grids, in decimal degrees or degrees, minutes and seconds.
38° 28′ 54.97″ N 85° 37′ 33.04″ W
NAD27, converted from NAD83(1986) with NADCON 5.0.
| NAD83(1986) (entered) | 38° 28′ 55.20″ N 85° 37′ 32.90″ W38.482000, -85.625806 |
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| NAD27 | 38° 28′ 54.97″ N 85° 37′ 33.04″ W38.481936, -85.625844 |
| Rounded to the second | 38° 28′ 55″ N 85° 37′ 33″ W |
| Shift | 7.1 m south, 3.3 m west7.8 m (26 ft) in all |
| NOAA's stated uncertainty | ±0.08 m latitude, ±0.12 m longitudeOne standard deviation of the NADCON 5 transformation here |
| UTM (NAD27) | UTM Zone 16: 4,259,976.736 m N, 619,859.031 m EUSNG 16SFH1985959977 |
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About the conversion
- Every conversion is NOAA's: the National Geodetic Survey's NCAT service with the NADCON 5.0 transformation grids, the official way to move coordinates between NAD27 and NAD83.
- NAD83 here is NOAA's NAD83 (1986), the original NAD83; FCC applications give coordinates in NAD83. The shift from NAD27 is typically tens of meters in the lower 48 and more in Alaska.
- NAD27 was used in the contiguous U.S. and Alaska only, so points in Hawaii, Puerto Rico and the territories can't be converted from it.
- The two coordinates entered are taken as being in the datum you convert from. A bare positive longitude is read as west.
NOAA's own tool: NCAT (and about NADCON 5).
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