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EPSG:31281 · Austria

MGI (Ferro) / Austria West Zone to KML & KMZ

MGI (Ferro) / Austria West Zone (EPSG:31281) is a Transverse Mercator coordinate system on the MGI (Ferro) datum, with coordinates in metres. Its official area of use is: Austria west of 11°50'E of Greenwich (29°30'E of Ferro).

  • Converter already set to EPSG:31281
  • Latitude and longitude on WGS 84, as Google Earth uses
  • Download the point as KML
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Good to know

  • Datum: Treated as WGS 84, no shift (the datums agree to about a metre or better).

Convert a whole spreadsheet

  1. Open the web app or the Windows app, and paste your rows from Excel or open a CSV file.
  2. Under Coordinate system, search for “31281” and pick MGI (Ferro) / Austria West Zone.
  3. Check one point you know on the map, then press Save KML or Save KMZ and open it in Google Earth.

Common mistakes with MGI (Ferro) / Austria West Zone

  • Feet entered as metres. MGI (Ferro) / Austria West Zone is in metres. Coordinates copied from a drawing in feet must be converted first, or every point moves outwards from the grid's origin.
  • Forgetting the datum. MGI (Ferro) / Austria West Zone 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. MGI (Ferro) / Austria West Zone is meant for Austria west of 11°50'E of Greenwich (29°30'E of Ferro). 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.

New to this? Read how to convert easting and northing to latitude and longitude.