---
name: "BIS_fnc_posUTMToDeg"
type: function
status: ok
groups: ["Map and Markers"]
arma3_since: "0.50"
locality: {"argument": null, "effect": null, "server_exec": false}
source: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/BIS_fnc_posUTMToDeg
revid: 338003
updated: 2023-02-23T21:11:10Z
---

# BIS_fnc_posUTMToDeg

*Function · Map and Markers · Arma 3 v0.50 · introduced in Take On Helicopters v1.00*

## Description

Generate Lat and Long fields from [UTM Zone](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Transverse_Mercator_coordinate_system#UTM_zone), Easting and Northing.
It uses [NAD83 constants](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_Datum).

## Syntax

```sqf
[easting, northing, zone*, hemisphere*] call BIS_fnc_posUTMToDeg
```

**Parameters:**

- `easting`: [Number](../topics/Number.md)
- `northing`: [Number](../topics/Number.md)
- `zone`: [Number](../topics/Number.md)
- `hemisphere`: [String](../topics/String.md) - (Optional, default "N") "N" for northern hemisphere, "S" for southern hemisphere

**Returns:** [Array](../topics/Array.md) of [Number](../topics/Number.md)s - format [longitude, latitude]

## Examples

### Example 1

```sqf
[5273702, 560561, 10] call BIS_fnc_posUTMToDeg;
```

## See also

[BIS_fnc_posDegToUTM](../functions/BIS_fnc_posDegToUTM.md) · [BIS_fnc_posDegToWorld](../functions/BIS_fnc_posDegToWorld.md)

<sub>Source: [BI Community Wiki — BIS fnc posUTMToDeg](https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/BIS_fnc_posUTMToDeg) (revision 338003).</sub>