On 02/04/12 16:21, Jeff Whitaker wrote:
On 4/2/12 9:10 AM, Mathew Topper wrote:
Hi,
I've been trawling round the internet for a while trying to work out
if basemap could be made to plot using a UTM zone projection. I've
found some references to pyproj that could be used to convert out of
a UTM projection, but I haven't found any references to defining a
custom projection for basemap. Is it possible?
Also, there is not a lot of documentation regarding pyproj and I find
this a little odd considering it comes packaged with basemap.
Many Thanks,
Mat
Mat: Basemap can plot in the tranverse mercator projection
(projecton='tmerc') - UTM zones are transverse mercator with specific
lat/lon boundaries and a WGS84 ellipsoid. I suppose I could add UTM
zone support if there is enough demand for it.
-Jeff
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OK, thanks Jeff. So I just need to know the lon/lat bounds of the
desired UTM zone and I have effectively created a UTM projection of that
zone in basemap i.e. for UTM29 we have 12W to 6W.
Will basemap then except coordinates in meters defined by UTM29 or do I
have to convert to lon/lat first?
I have a bit of an interesting case where the region we are examining
lies between UTM29 and UTM30, and I was interested in displaying how the
change in projection effects the topography.
Thanks
Mat
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