[GRASS5] coordinate systems

[Markus Neteler]

Chris,

On Thu, Nov 29, 2001 at 07:29:39AM -0500, Chris Marshall wrote:
> Can anyone recommend a good book on coordinate systems like UTM?
> 
> I would like to understand how the equations work for at least the
> UTM system.
> 
> Most of what I have been able to find on the web does not go into
> the equations.
> 

you may want to look at (sorry, Latex format):

\bibitem[Bugayevskiy and Snyder, 2000]{bugayevskiy2000} Bugayevskiy, L.M and
 J.P. Snyder 2000. \textit{Map Projections. A reference manual.} London, 
 Philadelphia: Taylor \& Francis.

\bibitem[Evenden, 1995]{evenden95} Evenden, G., 1995. \textit{Cartographic
Projection Procedures for the Unix Environment -- A User s Manual.} US
Geological Survey Open File Report 90-284\\
\url{http://www.remotesensing.org/proj/}

\bibitem[Maling, 1992]{maling92} Maling, D.H., 1992. \textit{Coordinate    
Systems and Map Projections.} 2nd ed., Elmsford, N.Y.: Pergamon Press.
%ISBN 0080372341 - 0080370333

\bibitem[Robinson et al., 1995]{robinson95} Robinson, A.H., J.L. Morrison, 
  P.C. Muehricke, A.J. Kimerling and S.C. Guptill, 1995. \textit{Elements of
  Cartography.} reprint of 6th ed. New York: Wiley.
%ISBN: 0471555797

Especially the first is focusing on the mathematics.

Hope this helps,

 Markus