[Qgis-user] UTM Zone

Andre Joost andre+joost at nurfuerspam.de
Fri Jun 27 07:20:29 PDT 2014


Am 27.06.2014 14:58, schrieb Daniel S.:

> I try to define the coordinate system in my GIS Project. The Area of
> interesset be situated in UTM ZONE 37P. If I want to define the project
> properties the closest available ZONE is 37N.
> Maybe someone can say me how I can define the correct Zone or explain the
> reason if it´s not possible.

The UTM letters are an optional feature; QGIS only requires to know if 
you are North (37N) or South (37S) of the aequator.

So 37N should be good for you. You have to make sure that coordinates 
you add manually have not stripped off the first digits.

HTH,
André Joost




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