oce (version 0.9-18)

utm2lonlat: Convert from UTM to longitude and latitude

Description

Convert from UTM to longitude and latitude

Usage

utm2lonlat(easting, northing, zone=1, hemisphere="N", km=FALSE)

Arguments

easting

easting coordinate (in km or m, depending on value of km). Alternatively, a list containing items named easting, northing, and zone, in which case these are taken from the list and the

northing

northing coordinate (in km or m, depending on value of km).

zone

UTM zone

hemisphere

indication of hemisphere; "N" for North, anything else for South.

km

logical value indicating whether easting and northing are in kilometers or meters.

Value

• A list containing longitude and latitude.

References

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Transverse_Mercator_coordinate_system, downloaded May 31, 2014.

See Also

lonlat2utm does the inverse operation. For general projections and their inverses, use lonlat2map and map2lonlat.

Examples

library(oce)
## Cape Split, in the Minas Basin of the Bay of Fundy
utm2lonlat(852863, 5029997, 19)