---
id: "easting"
kind: "datatype"
status: "draft"
is_pii: false
categories: ["geo"]
langs: ["common"]
quality: 100
url: "http://registry.apicrafter.io/datatype/easting"
---

# Easting (projected coordinate) (`easting`)

> **Draft.** Draft records have not been reviewed yet and may be incomplete or wrong; do not treat them as authoritative for legal or compliance decisions.

Eastward coordinate of a point in a projected coordinate reference system, such as a UTM zone or the British National Grid, usually in metres from a false origin. It is paired with a northing. Unlike longitude, its origin and scale depend on the projection, so the value has a meaning only together with its coordinate reference system.

- Personal data (PII): no
- Categories: Geographic identifiers (geo)
- Countries: global
- Languages: Common to most languages (common)

## Detection

Regular expression (Python `re`):

```
^-?\d+(?:\.\d+)?$
```

## Examples

- `530000` — British National Grid easting in metres, central London
- `448251.5` — UTM easting in metres
- `530 000 m` (invalid example) — unit and digit grouping are not part of the value

## Mappings

- fta: `COORDINATE.EASTING`

## Supported by tools

- `csvdetective`
- `fta`

## Translations

- ru: Восточная координата (истинг)

## Sources

- wikipedia: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easting_and_northing>
- other: <https://github.com/tsegall/fta/blob/main/SemanticTypes.md>

## Quality

Score 100/100.

JSON: <http://registry.apicrafter.io/api/v1/datatypes/easting.json> · Edit: <https://github.com/apicrafter/metacrafter-registry/edit/main/data/datatypes/any/geo/easting.yaml>