8/13/2009: No longer free; there’s a subscription fee from which a small charge is deducted for every use. A free grid link is still available here for MGRS and UTM.
Earthpoint has a new beta Google Earth function – grid overlays for multiple coordinate systems:
- Deg – Decimal degrees
- DegSec – Degrees, Decimal seconds
- DegSecMin – Degrees, Seconds, Decimal minutes
- Georef – World Geographic Reference System
- UTM/UPS – Universal Transverse Mercator / Universal Polar Stereographic
- MGRS – Military Grid Reference System
Click the button for the desired grid KML file, and open it in Google Earth (UTM here):
As you zoom in, the grids become finer; you may have to wait a bit for the network link to catch up:
Roll your mouse over one of the “balls” defining the grid, and get a pop-up with the coordinates (and UTM zone here):
The crosshair marks the center of the display, the location for which Google Earth shows the coordinates and elevation in the bottom toolbar.
Other posts in the Google Earth Tools series
- Using UTM Coordinates In Google Earth
- Share Positions In Google Earth
- New Version Of Globe Glider
- Yahoo Pipes Adds Google Earth Support
- Plotting Public Land Survey System Locations In Google Earth
- Panorama, Peak Identification And Viewsheds In Google Earth
- Colored Country/Subdivision Google Earth Polygons With “Color Your Map”
- Useful “Nearby” Utilities For Google Earth
- Dynamically-Sized Scalebar In Google Earth
- FlashEarth In Google Earth
- Horizon Terrain Profiles In Google Sky
- Creating Panoramas Using Google Earth
- Determining Google Earth Path Lengths
- Google Earth’s Hidden Flight Simulator
- Updates To The HeyWhatsThat Planisphere
- Two Google Earth Design Blogs
- Google Earth Index For US Army Map Service Topographic And City Maps
You have many nice posts and useful tools.
I would also like to suggest you a free tool you might find useful because it creates placemarks and reads coordinates from Google Earth for 2.000 coordinate systems around the world.
It’s named Plex.Mark!:
http://www.plexscape.com
Best regards and keep up the good work!
These overlays are not free: “If you are not using an account, then you are limited to five moves in Google Earth.
Annual, Quarterly, Monthly subscriptions – unrestricted use.
“Pay For Use” subscription – first five moves are free. After that, $0.01 is deducted from your pre-paid account for each move in Google Earth.”