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pophelper (version 2.0.0)

llToUtmzone: Internal: Find UTM zone from a latitude and longitude

Description

Internal: Find UTM zone from a given latitude and longitude

Usage

llToUtmzone(lat, long)

Arguments

lat

The latitude in decimals. Southern hemisphere must be negative.

long

The longitude in decimals

Value

A list of two values are returned namely UTMZone and Hemisphere.

Details

For a given latitude and longitude, the UTM zone must be determined prior to UTM coordinate conversion.