EPSG:26788 · United States
NAD 1927 SPCS Zone Michigan North to KML & KMZ
NAD 1927 SPCS Zone Michigan North (EPSG:26788) is a Lambert Conformal Conic coordinate system on the NAD 1927 SPCS Zone Michigan North datum, with coordinates in US survey feet. Its official area of use is: USA - Michigan - SPCS - N.
- Converter already set to EPSG:26788
- Latitude and longitude on WGS 84, as Google Earth uses
- Download the point as KML
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Good to know
- Coordinates are in US survey feet. Enter them in those units, not metres.
- Datum: Treated as WGS 84, no shift (the datums agree to about a metre or better).
Convert a whole spreadsheet
- Open the web app or the Windows app, and paste your rows from Excel or open a CSV file.
- Under Coordinate system, search for “26788” and pick NAD 1927 SPCS Zone Michigan North.
- Check one point you know on the map, then press Save KML or Save KMZ and open it in Google Earth.
Common mistakes with NAD 1927 SPCS Zone Michigan North
- Metres entered as feet. NAD 1927 SPCS Zone Michigan North is in US survey feet. Enter the values as they are; converting them to metres first puts every point in the wrong place.
- Forgetting the datum. NAD 1927 SPCS Zone Michigan North is not on WGS 84: treated as WGS 84, no shift (the datums agree to about a metre or better). Picking a WGS 84 grid with the same projection instead leaves the points off by that amount.
- Points outside the grid's area. NAD 1927 SPCS Zone Michigan North is meant for USA - Michigan - SPCS - N. Points well outside that area convert with growing error; the converter flags them so you can choose the right grid.
- A local site grid. If every point is off by the same distance and direction, the drawing may be on a local site grid. Calibrate on three or more known control points instead.
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