[mapguide-users] RE: Convert lat lon to UTM

[Jim O'Leary]

This is an excellent tool. However, I must first convert from BC Albers to
lat lon. Is there a JavaScript tool for that?

Traian Stanev wrote:
> 
> 
> I can't believe I am recommending this, but if it is a web form, you can
> just paste the javascript from this page
> (http://home.hiwaay.net/~taylorc/toolbox/geography/geoutm.html) into your
> form and then call it to do the conversion. The source is free to use.
> 
> It is an alternative to calling MapGuide coordinate system APIs...
> 
> Traian
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From:	mapguide-users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org on behalf of Jim O'Leary
> Sent:	Tue 5/8/2007 8:01 PM
> To:	mapguide-users at lists.osgeo.org
> Cc:	
> Subject:	[mapguide-users] Convert lat lon to UTM
> 
> 
> Is there a way to convert a lat lon to UTM and extract the zone, northing,
> and easting? I have a form where the user enters a position either by
> clicking on the map or by manually entering the coordinates. The map is in
> BC Albers. They can also manually enter the UTM zone, northing, and
> easting
> instead of the lat lon.
> 
> On the database side, it would be nice to convert what the user entered so
> I
> can put both (lat,  lon) and (UTM zone, northing, easting) in the
> database. 
> 
> I found some code in the Web API Reference under MgCoordinateSystem that
> might be on the right track:
> 
> $wktProj = 'PROJCS["UTM Zone 18 (NAD 83)", GEOGCS ["NAD 83 (Continental
> US)", DATUM ["NAD 83 (Continental US)", SPHEROID ["GRS 80", 6378137,
> 298.257222101]], PRIMEM [ "Greenwich", 0.000000 ], UNIT ["Decimal Degree",
> 0.01745329251994330]], PROJECTION ["Transverse Mercator"], PARAMETER
> ["Scale_Factor", 0.999600], PARAMETER ["Central_Meridian", -75.000000],
> PARAMETER ["False_Easting", 500000.000000], UNIT ["Meter",
> 1.000000000000]]';
>         $coordSysProj = $coordSysFactory->Create($wktProj);
>         $xGeog = -71.061342;
>         $yGeog = 42.355892;
>         $coordinate = $geometryFactory->CreateCoordinateXY($xGeog,
> $yGeog);
>         $convertedCoordinate =
> $coordSysProj->ConvertFromLonLat($coordinate);
>         $xConv = $convertedCoordinate->GetX();
>         $yConv = $convertedCoordinate->GetY();
>         echo  "($xGeog, $yGeog) to ($xConv, $yConv)n";
> 
> However, this code assumes that you know what UTM zone you want. As well,
> it
> does not show how to extract the northing and easting.
> 
> Thanks
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