[R-sig-Geo] LL to UTM

[Gabor Grothendieck]

Thanks but I think it would be overkill to use a GIS simply to convert
coordinate systems of a few points. Everything else I want to do can
be done in R.

On 3/6/07, Thomas Adams <Thomas.Adams at noaa.gov> wrote:
> Gabor,
>
> You *may* be able to accomplish this using R easily (I'm sure it's
> doable), but I'm do not know how to do the conversion. I would suggest
> as an alternative to do your work using GRASS GIS
> (http://grass.itc.it/). R interfaces very well with GRASS and making
> your LL to UTM conversion (and back) would be trivial using GRASS. You
> can also use R within a GRASS session interactively or
> non-interactively, embedded within a script.
>
> I hope this is helpful to you.
>
> Regards,
> Tom
>
>
> Gabor Grothendieck wrote:
> > I am currently using this web page to convert LL to UTM (and UTM to LL).
> >
> >    http://home.hiwaay.net/~taylorc/toolbox/geography/geoutm.html
> >
> > All my points are in zone 18.  How would I accomplish the same
> > thing using R?
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
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