Louisville: coordinates, UTM zone and magnetic declination
Survey data sheet for Louisville (United States) for field work: coordinates, UTM zone, scale factor, grid convergence, today's magnetic declination and geoid undulation, computed for the city center.
Values for the city center (GeoNames coordinate). Declination from the World Magnetic Model 2025 for today's date; geoid from EGM2008. For an exact point, use the tools below.
Nearest GNSS reference stations (IGS)
Tools to use here
FAQ
What UTM zone is Louisville in?
Louisville is in UTM zone 16N, with central meridian 87° W. In WGS 84, the city center is at E 608,545 m and N 4,234,752 m.
What is the magnetic declination in Louisville?
Today the magnetic declination in Louisville is 5.15° W, changing by −2.4′ per year (WMM2025 model). To get the true azimuth, add the declination to the magnetic azimuth (East positive, West negative).
What is the geoid undulation in Louisville?
The geoid undulation (EGM2008) in Louisville is N = −34.08 m. To convert a GNSS height (ellipsoidal, h) to an approximate orthometric height: H = h − N.
Cities near Louisville
- Lexington 116 km
- Lexington-Fayette 116 km
- Cincinnati 145 km
- Indianapolis 172 km
- Nashville 249 km
- Meads 267 km
- Columbus 305 km
- Chicago 431 km
- All cities in United States
© GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) · Unicode CLDR · WMM2025 (NOAA/BGS) · EGM2008 (NGA) · IGS