[R-sig-Geo] RE : Mass conversions of Lat/Long to UTM (many zone)

[Roger Bivand]

On Mon, 25 Sep 2006, bertrand toupin wrote:

> Hi!  It's me again.....  I've tried everything this morning and it seems to work perfectly.  so a big thank you to eberyone that answered.
> 
> However, I still have a last question regarding this matter.  You said :
> "+proj=laea +lat_0=45 +lon_0=-100 +x_0=0 +y_0=0 +a=6370997 +b=6370997 +units=m
> 
>  with some modification of +lat_0 and +lon_0 to suit your region."
> 
> So, my question : Should I chose approximatly the center of my database
> for lat_0 and long_0 ?
> 

That was what I was thinking, the US National Atlas values will be 
eccentric to your study area.

> Thanks!  I hope I posted this msg the correct way this time :)
> 

Yes, fine, thanks for helping with this!

Roger

> Roger Bivand <Roger.Bivand at nhh.no> wrote: On Fri, 25 Aug 2006, Philippe Roy wrote:
> 
> "Ok, so, in my kriging code, I need to specify a maximum distance in km
> (or meter can't remember).  Is this Lambert Azimuthal Equal Area good for
> Euclidian distance?  I mean, I need to specify the maximum distance to
> consider a station or not for each grid point of my regular grid.  Would
> that be good then?
> 
> Sorry if it sounds non-understandable! :/ "
> 
> (and using an HTML mailer - please do not, it makes thread management very 
> difficult!)
> 
> Have you tried? (Hint: the metric is meters/metres). Yes, you can give a
> maximum distance, otherwise the 2300 by 2300 martix of distances between
> stations is unnecessarily large (and it is unlikely that interactions
> across the whole region are strong).
>                          
> 
> 
> > 
> > -----Message d'origine-----
> > De : Roger Bivand [mailto:Roger.Bivand at nhh.no] 
> > Envoyé : 24 août 2006 15:28
> > À : Philippe Roy
> > Cc : r-sig-geo at stat.math.ethz.ch
> > Objet : Re: [R-sig-Geo] Mass conversions of Lat/Long to UTM (many zone)
> > 
> > On Thu, 24 Aug 2006, Philippe Roy wrote:
> > 
> > > Hi everyone!  I'm new to R.  I'll try using it for some Kriging.  My aim
> > > in the short-term is to convert my 2300 stations database from lat-long
> > > to UTM.  This network of stations goes from Virginia to the south, to
> > > Montréal to the north, east coast to Michigan in the west.  So, I have a
> > > lot of UTM zones to consider.
> > > 
> > >  
> > > 
> > > Reading the archives, I've seen this formula to calculate the zones,
> > > based on lat-long coordinates :
> > > 
> > >  
> > > 
> > > UTM = floor((lon + 180) / 6) + 1
> > > 
> > >  
> > > 
> > > So, if I understand correctly, I need to run this formula on each
> > > station to get their zone, abnd then I use something like convUL ?
> > > 
> > 
> > If you want to use all the stations together, then they must be in the 
> > same zone (otherwise the western edge of the zone will jump for stations 
> > in different zones). I think that for continental North America a central 
> > UTM zone will not be a very good idea, and that probably a Lambert 
> > Azimuthal Equal Area is a better choice.
> > 
> > You can then use project() or spTransform() in the rgdal package, for 
> > example, with EPSG code 2163:
> > 
> > US National Atlas Equal Area
> > 
> > +proj=laea +lat_0=45 +lon_0=-100 +x_0=0 +y_0=0 +a=6370997 +b=6370997 +units=m
> > 
> > with some modification of +lat_0 and +lon_0 to suit your region.
> > 
> > > 
> > >  [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
> > > 
> > > 
> > 
> > 
> 
> 

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Roger Bivand
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