Displacement from coordinates

[Dylan Beaudette]

On Sep 26, 2005, at 2:28 AM, N M wrote:

> Hi,
>
> To convert coordinates I use for example:
>
> http://www.icc.es/geotex/egeoutmcatala2.html (a geodesic calculator)
>
> An example of GPS coordinates and results are:
>
> 42º 14' 54.568" - 4677448.415
> 2º 56' 20.526" - 494971.3073
>
> 42º 14' 58.548" - 4677573.222
> 2º 57' 37.05" - 496724.1829
>
> The correct containers are the little yellow squares and displaced are 
> de blue ones:
>
> http://www.nusvirtual.com/selectiva
>
> The coordinates are form the first two containers in top rigth side of 
> the map. I think you are right because I tried to place manually the 
> containers and coordinates are displaced, so, how could I convert 
> correctly GPS coordinates to UTM?
>

try using the PROJ library and associated commands:

here is the main website:
http://www.remotesensing.org/proj/

and here are some examples:
http://169.237.35.250/~dylan/drupal//node/105


cheers,

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Dylan Beaudette
Soils and Biogeochemistry Graduate Group
University of California at Davis
530.754.7341