API for State Plane Coordinates (SPC) Service

Query Parameter

Description

northing*

Northing; may be specified in meters, US Survey feet, or international feet

easting*

Easting; may be specified in meters, US Survey feet, or international feet. Easting units must match northing units.

units **

Units used for SPC northing and easting; defaults to meters, if the parameter is not used; valid values are: m,usft,ift

inDatum*

Datum of input coordinate;to be chosen from Regional Datums defined above

outDatum*

Datum of output coordinate;to be chosen from Regional Datums defined above

spcZone*

A 4-digit SPC zone to be used for SPC conversion

utmZone **

A 2-digit UTM zone to be used for UTM conversion; UTM zone is automatically determined based on a given SPC; you may optionally override this by specifying your own 2-digit UTM zone

eht **

Ellipsoid height in meters; defaults to undefined if the parameter is not used. Combined factors and XYZ are not returned, if no height is specified

inVertDatum **

Geopotential Datum of input orthometric height; to be chosen from Regional Geopotential Datums defined above

outVertDatum **

Geopotential Datum of output orthometric height; to be chosen from Regional Geopotential Datums defined above

orthoHt **

Orthometric height chosen for transformation

* Required Field
** Optional Field, to override defaults

Examples:

https://geodesy.noaa.gov/api/ncat/spc?spcZone=2402&inDatum=nad83(2011)&outDatum=nad83(NSRS2007)
&northing=173099.419&easting=503626.812&eht=100.0

https://geodesy.noaa.gov/api/ncat/spc?spcZone=2402&inDatum=nad83(NSRS2007)&outDatum=nad83(2011)
&northing=567910.350&easting=1652315.580&units=usft