Questions tagged [utm]
The Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) geographic coordinate system uses a 2-dimensional Cartesian coordinate system to give locations on the surface of the Earth.
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Reprojecting vector layer in QGIS
I have a series of layers of lines (shapefiles) in My Project. The CRS of some are different and to merge them they all must have same CRS.
When I use Processing > Toolbox > Qgis_algorithims >...
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Coordinate system for accurately calculating areas of polygons that cross UTM Zones?
I have multiple polygons, all located offshore around the UK. I am trying to calculate the areas of these polygons in square kilometres, without splitting them by UTM zone.
Is it possible to do this ...
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Calculating areal distortion outside UTM zone?
One of my colleagues is working with data that is spread across two UTM zone. The majority of the data is in one zone, with a few outliers in another zone. He would like to know what the area ...
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Which projection is this data in?
I received a shapefile for my project from an agency and was told that they always use UTM. However, the values have too many digits for being projected in UTM.
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Auto-select suitable UTM Zone based on Grid Intersection
I was wondering if the following approach a) would be considered valid and b) someone already did this in python.
I have a python script where users can choose an area of analysis (anywhere on the ...
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Computing UTM Zone from lat/long point
I am trying to convert a latitude/longitude point to UTM.
To define UTM projection, I need to calculate zone for the point.
I am trying to figure out the best way to do this.
One way to do this would ...
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Batch convert lat longs to UTM?
I've got a .csv file that contains a long list of latitude and longitude points. Is there an efficient way to batch convert the list into a projected UTM coordinate system?
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Convert UTM zone into EPSG code
I have the UTM code 36S and want to convert it to EPSG.
Somebody told me that if the UTM code contains 'S', then the first three digits of the EPSG code are 327, and if the UTM code is 'N' then use ...
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Cannot find NATO UTM location in Sentinel-2
Regard coordinates 31.96212, -103.004715
UTM converters give it's UTM coordinates are 13/R/FR.
Example converter is here: http://www.rcn.montana.edu/resources/converter.aspx
But there are many of ...
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Why does the same UTM northing give different values when converted to latitude?
I'm converting two coordinates from UTM to latitude/longitude. The coordinates are:
Easting: 657787
Northing: 7795664
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Easting: 658144
Northing: 7795664
Both from zone 23S (EPSG:31998) or 23K (...
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Different origins of UTM projection
I have latitudes and longitudes from a GPS unit which uses WGS84, and would like to project those to some kind of plane.
I'm totally new to this, but after a lot of reading it sounds like UTM is a ...
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Choosing UTM zone to use for large country?
I want to reproject OpenStreetMap roads data from the current projection (WGS 84) to UTM, since I read in another GIS SE Q&A(Getting $length in meters in QGIS?) that WGS 84 cannot be used to ...
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Determining CRS from given point coordinate set
I have a set of coordinates (X, Y) and I do not know which coordinate system they are actually in.
They are definitely in a projected coordinate system since they are not in decimal degrees. However, ...
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Converting MGRS to Lat/Lon or UTM
How can I convert Military Grid Reference System (MGRS) to lat/lon or UTM?
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What does the U mean in UTM=(32, 'U')?
I've come across code which specifies UTM=(32, 'U'). Is there a common convention around UTM I can understand this through, or is there not enough information here to determine the geographic location?...
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Generating shapefile containing UTM grid (graticule)?
I'm looking for a shapefile containing an 1000m or 2000m UTM grid ("graticule"). All I was about to find on the web is a 10000m UTM grid (here: http://en.giswiki.net/wiki/UTM) and I am aware that a ...
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pyproj, proj4 doesn't return same coordinates after inverse conversion
I'm trying to interpolate between coordinates, as a step in that process I convert latlong to UTM so I can work in metric.
I don't get the expected latlong when converting back, reproduced below:
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Determine the UTM zone/hemisphere in a particular datum
I'm using GDAL to convert coordinates from one system (geographic or projected) to another.
Assume I want to convert geographic coordinates (latitude and longitude) in the WGS84 datum, to UTM ...
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How to choose the EPSG projection?
Up until now for reprojection of my WGS84 vector (.shp) and raster files (.tif), I have been using EPSG projections based on vector/raster central point's UTM zone.
But what happens if the envelope-...
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How to convert from EPSG:4326 to WGS84/UTM 32U?
I am unable to convert from the project's coordinate system to a different one using QGis 1.8.0.
I have a .shp file with a certain coordinate system information (WGS84 EPSG:4326 according to qgis). I ...
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EPSG code for UTM zone
Using python I want to convert coordinates from one spatial reference system to another. I usually use the osgeo library for this which works very well. I have however come to the situation that I ...
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Source for UTM Zone File
I'm looking for a complete, freely available file showing UTM Grid zones. Preferably not a simplified version, but one that shows the full grid zones and all 'exceptions' (e.g. in Northern Europe) - ...
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Meridian convergence. True north, magnetic north and grid north
I'm having difficulty wrapping my mind around meridian convergence, the horizontal angular distance between true north and grid north.
Say I want to determine if a feature lies to the east or west ...
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Understanding UTM coordinate syntax in Zambia?
I have some geo data from a collaborator with coordinates that look like this:
Grid UTM X UTM Y
30C10 696033 8967310
25C05 690997 8962938
25C05 690688 8962268
sometimes lower case (...
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R: Return the UTM zone that a WGS84 point belongs to
I'm looking for an R function that might work similarly to this website that will tell you what UTM zone your WGS84 point belongs to.
http://www.rcn.montana.edu/resources/converter.aspx
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UTM coordinates and knowing how to get the grid zone letter?
I am using a framework called GeodeticUTMConverter to convert from decimal style coordinates to UTM. However the framework only provides the Northing, Easing, Grid Zone and Hemisphere, but not the ...
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Displaying data from two UTM zones on one map?
With at least some USGS quad maps, maps that overlap into adjacent UTM zones continue to use the same false easting (rather than start at zero in the middle of the map).
Is this a required standard ...
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Convert UTM northing and longitude to latitude
I am doing some work with the Military Grid Reference System (MGRS), which is based on Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM).
I find that I need to convert from UTM northing and longitude (actually, ...
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Python WKT or Proj4 lookup package
I am looking for a Python package that would allow me to input a UTM zone code and output different geo_referencing strings (for example, WKT or Proj4). Are there any lightweight, widely used packages ...
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How to work with UTM and multiple zones
I'm totally a newbie with geo tools. I'm using Sharpmap as I'm working with C#.
I have a map where I can put an item on a UTM Location with E,N Zone and number. So the item appears on the desired ...
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What is this UK coordinate system?
I received a dataset of Merseyside area (corresponding to the metropolitan area of Liverpool, United Kingdom, broadly defined) where the location coordinates are totally a mystery to me, and ...
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Formula for calculating short distances in UTM?
I'm fairly new at calculating distances with precision, but I wanted to know what is the best formula for calculating short distances in UTM coordinates.
The distances that I'am calculating are all ...
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Converting large data with lat and long into X and Y?
I have 9888562 records in dataframe and I would like to convert my lat, long to UTM x,y. according to my code, I have used pyproj package but because my data are too much it takes a long time and ...
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QGIS field calculator giving area in acres in layer / project that is in UTM
From all the documentation I've been able to find, using $area in the field calculator should return the area in the layer's projection's units. I have a layer in UTM (the project is in the same UTM ...
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Combining UTM Zones?
I'm working with an area spanning two UTM zones. The magazine I will submit my work to needs the projection in UTM.
Is it possible to combine two neighbouring UTM zones to present a map/data that ...
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Converting table UTM coordinates to decimal lat-long in Attribute table using expression
I would like to formulate an equation in the attribute table calculator tool to calculate the decimal latitude and longitude values from the existing UTM NAD3 coordinates in the table.
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Using the Advanced Digitizing Panel in QGIS to input distance into UTM layer
I am trying to input (survey) line distance accurately using the Advanced Digitizing Panel. I am working in a layer with a UTM CRS and entering distance based on grid measurements. Unfortunately it ...
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Creating final map that displays data in UTM projected coordinate system
How do I create a final map that displays the data in a UTM projected coordinate system in a QGIS project with 4 data layers all having a geographic coordinate system?
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Transform local polar coordinates to UTM
I have some field points disposed like the diagram below:
In this diagram, I know:
1) Point A UTM coordinates
2) Distance between A and B
3) Distance between B and C
4) AB azimuth
5) BC azimuth
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Are perpendicular lines still perpendicular after converting from UTM zone 15 to 16 (or between two neighboring zones)?
I want to convert a square polygon that is close to the edge of UTM zones 15N and 16N. The polygon's coordinates are in UTM 16N, but it is spatially positioned in the UTM15 area.
My question is that ...
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PostGis: Geometry from UTM text
I have plain data in a postgresql table which looks like this:
╔════╦═══════╦═════════════╦══════════════╦══════════╦═════════════════╗
║ id ║ index ║ easting ║ northing ║ utm_zone ║ ...
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Angular distance between Grid and True North given Lat/Long
As part of a project that uses UTM coordinates I am trying to find a formula to compute the angle (with sign) between the grid north and the true north. I understand this is called meridian ...
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Convert Lat/Long to UTM specifying which zone to use (Java)
I have a set of coordinates in decimal degrees spread across two UTM zones in my Java application that I want to export to use in Petrel, so they need to be in the same UTM zone.
Is there a java ...
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How to get square metric pixels for a GeoTiff, whose pixel spacing is given in degree?
I have received a GeoTiff file, whose pixel spacing is provided in degree (e.g. +1° to the right, -1° down). Of course, this means that the actual, metric pixel spacing changes in relation to the ...
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How do I handle heading in UTM coordinates?
In a nutshell:
Given a standard (angular) GPS measurement and heading, relative geographic north. If i take my GPS coordinates and turn them into UTM coordinates, do I also have to convert my heading?
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GeoPandas transform latitude/longitude coordinates to UTM coordinates
I have a shapefile which I read with GeoPandas, this shapefile has lat/long coordinates and I want to transform it to UTM coordinates.
I tried this:
shapefile = gpd.read_file('example.shp') #CRS = ...
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How to convert WGS84 to UTM when the study area covers 4 UTM Zones: 43- 46?
I'm working in ARCGIS 10.2, my area of interest falls in 4 UTM zones 43,44,45,46 equally distributed so i can't use the option of majority of area's UTM zone.
Since i need to carryout varies analysis ...
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QGIS 3.6.1 problems with CRS
After I have created a new QGIS project, the project CRS is set automatically to WGS84 (EPSG:4326 - WGS 84 - Geographic). The layer (.shp) which I loaded to the project has already a predefined CRS (...
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Matching ArcGIS and QGIS coordinate systems
I have the following info for a feature class in ArcGIS that is supposed to be in WGS 1984/UTM 16N projected coordinate system:
Projection: Transverse_Mercator
False_Easting: 500000.000000
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Garmin FIT Coordinate System
I am trying to decode a .FIT file from a Garmin Instinct GPS Watch. Sourced from the file Lctns.fit.
However, I am unsure how to interpret the entries values as coordinates.
Given this entry:
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