tmerc-coordinate system

[Martin Ameskamp]

> >Hello!
> >
> >I like to know if or how it is possible to define
> >a new location with transverse-Mercator coordinate system.
> >
> >Rolf Krell
> 
> Your question is unclear.  Do you mean define a "new" Transverse
> Mercator system?  Simply defining a new location is as easily done
> as it is written---just do it.
> Gerald (Jerry) I. Evenden   Internet: gie at charon.er.usgs.gov

Rolf, 

I suppose you really mean transverse Mercator (e.g. Gauss-Krueger) as
opposed to Universal TM. We simply use UTM and pretend it's GK, but then
we don't have to do conversions from GK to UTM or v.v. ...

If you find out anything else, please let us know.

Martin
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Martin Ameskamp, Inst. f. Informatik I (Computing Dept.)
Kiel University, Olshausenstr. 40, 24118 Kiel, Germany
email: ma at informatik.uni-kiel.d400.de