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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° 59′ 59.00″ N 77° 03′ 26.97″ W
NAD27, converted from NAD83(1986) with NADCON 5.0.
| NAD83(1986) (entered) | 38° 59′ 59.40″ N 77° 03′ 25.90″ W38.999833, -77.057194 |
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| NAD27 | 38° 59′ 59.00″ N 77° 03′ 26.97″ W38.999723, -77.057493 |
| Rounded to the second | 38° 59′ 59″ N 77° 03′ 27″ W |
| Shift | 12.2 m south, 25.9 m west28.6 m (94 ft) in all |
| NOAA's stated uncertainty | ±0.08 m latitude, ±0.08 m longitudeOne standard deviation of the NADCON 5 transformation here |
| UTM (NAD27) | UTM Zone 18: 4,318,551.689 m N, 321,824.772 m EUSNG 18SUJ2182518552 |
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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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