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== FAQ ==
 
== FAQ ==
 
*[http://proj.maptools.org/faq.html Online FAQ]
 
*[http://proj.maptools.org/faq.html Online FAQ]
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* what is the third return parameter in UTM values
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**input lat/long can include elevation. Third returned UTM param is elevation. When no lat/lon elevation used, utm return elev is 0.0
 
* What is the +no_defs parameters?
 
* What is the +no_defs parameters?
 
**"The "no_defs" item ensures that no defaults are read from the defaults files. Sometimes they cause suprising problems." http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/mapserver-users/2003-November/046863.html
 
**"The "no_defs" item ensures that no defaults are read from the defaults files. Sometimes they cause suprising problems." http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/mapserver-users/2003-November/046863.html

Revision as of 06:24, 9 October 2017

Coordinate system conversions are needed for several SCEC projects.

Example Conversions

Converting WGS84 to UTM Zone 11 using cs2cs

  • cs2cs -v +proj=latlong +datum=WGS84 +to +proj=utm +zone=11 +datum=WGS84
-bash-4.2$ cs2cs -v +proj=latlong +datum=WGS84 +to +proj=utm +zone=11 +datum=WGS84
# ---- From Coordinate System ----
#Lat/long (Geodetic alias)
#	
# +proj=latlong +datum=WGS84 +ellps=WGS84 +towgs84=0,0,0
# ---- To Coordinate System ----
#Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM)
#	Cyl, Sph
#	zone= south
# +proj=utm +zone=11 +datum=WGS84 +ellps=WGS84 +towgs84=0,0,0
-118.00 34.00
407650.40	3762606.66 0.00

Online Implementation

FAQ

  • Online FAQ
  • what is the third return parameter in UTM values
    • input lat/long can include elevation. Third returned UTM param is elevation. When no lat/lon elevation used, utm return elev is 0.0
  • What is the +no_defs parameters?

Building Proj4

  • Proj4 built on Centos using the ./configure make, make install. Since we are building on a shared cluster, we needed to ./configure --install:/user/scec-00/maechlin/workspace/proj4
  • Installation of proj4 on Mac (high sierra) failed.
  • Installation of current proj4 on USC HPC succeeded.
  • Didn't try installing pyproj on Mac. It can use either installed proj4, or try to build its own
  • Used conda install pyproj on Anaconda 2 instance on USC HPC

Online Documentation

Downloads and Documentation

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