EPSG:3565 · United States
Old Hawaiian / Hawaii zone 5 to KML & KMZ
Old Hawaiian / Hawaii zone 5 (EPSG:3565) is a Transverse Mercator coordinate system on the Old Hawaiian datum, with coordinates in US survey feet. Its official area of use is: United States (USA) - Hawaii - Niihau - onshore.
- Converter already set to EPSG:3565
- 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 “3565” and pick Old Hawaiian / Hawaii zone 5.
- Check one point you know on the map, then press Save KML or Save KMZ and open it in Google Earth.
Common mistakes with Old Hawaiian / Hawaii zone 5
- Metres entered as feet. Old Hawaiian / Hawaii zone 5 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. Old Hawaiian / Hawaii zone 5 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. Old Hawaiian / Hawaii zone 5 is meant for United States (USA) - Hawaii - Niihau - onshore. 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.