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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-AU link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Can anybody see what I’m doing wrong (and don’t say writing it in VB.NET) in my logic of converting a Lat/Long to UTM?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas'> <span style='color:blue'>Dim</span> MapSRS <span style='color:blue'>As</span> <span style='color:blue'>New</span> <span style='color:#2B91AF'>OGRSpatialReference</span> <span style='color:green'>' Coordinate system of map</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas'> <span style='color:blue'>Dim</span> UTMSRS <span style='color:blue'>As</span> <span style='color:blue'>New</span> <span style='color:#2B91AF'>OGRSpatialReference</span> <span style='color:green'>' Coordinate system for UTM</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas'> <span style='color:blue'>Dim</span> CT <span style='color:blue'>As</span> <span style='color:#2B91AF'>OGRCoordinateTransformation</span> <span style='color:green'>' Coordinate transform from map to UTM<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas'> <span style='color:blue'>Dim</span> GDALError <span style='color:blue'>As</span> <span style='color:#2B91AF'>NCSError<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#2B91AF'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas'> GDALError = WGS84SRS.SetWellKnownGeogCS(<span style='color:#A31515'>"WGS84"</span>) <span style='color:green'>' Define WGS84 coordinate system</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas'> GDALError = UTMSRS.SetWellKnownGeogCS(<span style='color:#A31515'>"WGS84"</span>) <span style='color:green'>' Define a UTM coordinate system<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas'> GDALError = UTMSRS.SetUTM(55, false)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas'> CT = CreateCoordinateTransformation(MapSRS, UTMSRS) <span style='color:green'>' Create a coordinate transformation<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:green'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas'> UTMeast = cursor.X : UTMnorth = cursor.Y ‘ cursor.X = Lon; cursor.Y = Lat<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas'> Success = CT.TransformPoint(UTMeast, UTMnorth, 0) <span style='color:green'>' Transform the point<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:green'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>Success returns false, and UTMeast = -505516.60123597935 and UTMnorth = 9999959.7180830985<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>_______________________________________<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Marc Hillman, Melbourne, Australia<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://users.tpg.com.au/users/mhillman/"><span style='color:blue'>http://users.tpg.com.au/users/mhillman/</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>marc .hillman @ t p g . c o m . a u<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas'>Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas'>Early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas'>If Barbie is so popular, why do you have to buy her friends?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas'>All those who believe in psychokinesis, raise my hand.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>