R: UTM zone information

UTMzone {GEOmap} | R Documentation

## UTM zone information

### Description

Return the UTM zone information

### Usage

    UTMzone(lat, lon = NA)

### Arguments

`lat` | latitude
`lon` | longitude

### Details

The function works two ways: If the lat-lon are numeric and lon is not NA then the UTM zone information is returned. If lon is NA and lat is one of the UTM zones, then the lat-lon information for that zone is returned.

### Value

list:

`zone` | Character, zone designation
`LON` | longitude range of the zone
`LAT` | latitude range of the zone
`CEN` | center of the zone, used for projections

### Author(s)

Jonathan M. Lees<jonathan.lees@unc.edu>

### See Also

setPROJ, UTM.xy, UTM.ll, DATUMinfo

### Examples

    lat = 40.5
      lon = -73.50
    UTMzone(lat, lon)
    ##  or
    UTMzone("18T")

[Package GEOmap version 2.4-0 Index]