# GoogleMaps to UTM

**URL:** <https://community.thinkgeo.com/t/googlemaps-to-utm/1230>\
**Category:** WinForms\
**Created:** [May 13, 2010, 12:45pm UTC](https://community.thinkgeo.com/t/googlemaps-to-utm/1230 "2010-05-13T12:45:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![Elisa](https://community.thinkgeo.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/96bed5/32.png) [@Elisa](https://community.thinkgeo.com/u/Elisa)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2010, 12:45pm UTC](https://community.thinkgeo.com/t/googlemaps-to-utm/1230/1 "2010-05-13T12:45:08Z")

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I&nbsp;have&nbsp;an&nbsp;application&nbsp;built&nbsp;with&nbsp;the&nbsp;MapSuite&nbsp;Desktop&nbsp;Edition&nbsp;that&nbsp;uses&nbsp;shapefiles&nbsp;with&nbsp;the&nbsp;data&nbsp;in&nbsp;UTM.&nbsp;&nbsp;I&nbsp;need&nbsp;to&nbsp;be&nbsp;able&nbsp;to&nbsp;add&nbsp;a&nbsp;GoogleMaps&nbsp;layer&nbsp;and&nbsp;reproject&nbsp;the&nbsp;GoogleMaps&nbsp;layer&nbsp;to&nbsp;UTM.&nbsp;&nbsp;Is&nbsp;this&nbsp;possible?&nbsp;&nbsp;If&nbsp;so,&nbsp;is&nbsp;there&nbsp;an&nbsp;example&nbsp;of&nbsp;how&nbsp;to&nbsp;do&nbsp;this.&nbsp;&nbsp;Reprojecting&nbsp;the&nbsp;shapefiles&nbsp;from&nbsp;UTM&nbsp;is&nbsp;not&nbsp;an&nbsp;option.&nbsp;&nbsp;The&nbsp;application&nbsp;allows&nbsp;the&nbsp;user&nbsp;to&nbsp;capture&nbsp;a&nbsp;point&nbsp;from&nbsp;the&nbsp;map,&nbsp;and&nbsp;this&nbsp;capture&nbsp;point&nbsp;must&nbsp;be&nbsp;in&nbsp;UTM.

Thanks.

Elisa

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**Author:** ![Val](https://community.thinkgeo.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/e56c9b/32.png) [@Val](https://community.thinkgeo.com/u/Val)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2010, 5:03pm UTC](https://community.thinkgeo.com/t/googlemaps-to-utm/1230/2 "2010-05-13T17:03:40Z")

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It&nbsp;is&nbsp;not&nbsp;possible&nbsp;to&nbsp;reproject&nbsp;Google&nbsp;Map&nbsp;to&nbsp;UTM.&nbsp;The&nbsp;whole&nbsp;tiling&nbsp;system&nbsp;that&nbsp;Google&nbsp;uses&nbsp;is&nbsp;based&nbsp;on&nbsp;the&nbsp;Spherical&nbsp;Mercator&nbsp;projection&nbsp;which&nbsp;fits&nbsp;well&nbsp;for&nbsp;the&nbsp;entire&nbsp;world.&nbsp;UTM&nbsp;is&nbsp;a&nbsp;for&nbsp;local&nbsp;projections.&nbsp;You&nbsp;say&nbsp;that&nbsp;‘The&nbsp;application&nbsp;allows&nbsp;the&nbsp;user&nbsp;to&nbsp;capture&nbsp;a&nbsp;point&nbsp;from&nbsp;the&nbsp;map,&nbsp;and&nbsp;this&nbsp;capture&nbsp;point&nbsp;must&nbsp;be&nbsp;in&nbsp;UTM’.&nbsp;Can&nbsp;you&nbsp;explain&nbsp;with&nbsp;a&nbsp;little&nbsp;more&nbsp;detail&nbsp;your&nbsp;scenario?&nbsp;Nowadays,&nbsp;a&nbsp;lot&nbsp;of&nbsp;flexibility&nbsp;exists&nbsp;for&nbsp;doing&nbsp;projections&nbsp;and&nbsp;it&nbsp;might&nbsp;be&nbsp;possible&nbsp;to&nbsp;find&nbsp;a&nbsp;solution&nbsp;for&nbsp;your&nbsp;case.