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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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 convergence.
I am already able to get the correct easting…
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Archaeology. Local coordinate system (total station) to UTM coordinate
I'll have to georeference (with a dgps) an archaeological site plan (2.7 km²) that's been done using local coordinate system (total station)
The actual GIS project in local coordinates contains a lot of data (vectors and rasters).
I'm looking for a…
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Reference meridian of longitude in UTM conversion
I'm not a GIS professional.
I'm trying to write a code to convert from lat/long to UTM coordinates using this truncated method given in…
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Converting Aerial file
I am mapping utilities for a small town in Iowa. I have shapefiles of my water, gas and sewer lines, fire hydrants, ect. I also have an aerial view of the town that was taken in state plane. When I bring that aerial file into the project I cannot…
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