KINGSTON, Jamaica — If you’ve ever copied grid coordinates from Eland Jamaica into Google Maps and watched the pin appear somewhere out at sea, you’ve run into a silent time-killer in the property business. The numbers are fine—the format isn’t. Eland typically outputs projected grid metres (JAD2001 / Jamaica National Grid), while Google Maps expects latitude/longitude (WGS84) in degrees. That mismatch turns otherwise routine site visits into detours, burns fuel on show days, and frustrates clients.
A new, lightweight tool aims to end the confusion. It translates Eland’s X (Easting) and Y (Northing) into the exact lat, lon format Google Maps understands, so agents, valuers, and developers can jump straight from a survey coordinate to a navigable map link. You can try it here: jamaica-homes.com/eland-to-lat-long.html.
