[Free-gis] Degree to Meter? (Sajith VK)

[Terry Machado]

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>Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2006 00:41:54 +0530
>From: "Sajith VK" <sajithvk at gmail.com>
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>Hi all,
> A silly question.. But I am confused. Please Help!
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>I have some data in a Long-Lat GRASS location. The unit for the coordinate
>is degree, minute, senconds. How can I convert it into "meters"?
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Hello Sajith

You can use a lat-lon -- UTM conversion templates, one is available in 
the following link:

http://www.cellspark.com/UTM.html

You will get a numbers like: S10 S 0559741 and*** * 4282182

The 10 S represents the zone you are in. The zone is necessary to make 
the coordinates unique over the entire globe. The top set of numbers, 
0559741, represent a measurement of East-West position, within the zone, 
in meters. It's called an easting. The bottom set of numbers, *4282182*, 
represent a measurement of North-South position, within the zone, in 
meters. It's called a northing. The map has Universal Transverse 
Mercator (UTM) grid lines spaced every kilometer or 1000 meters. The 
vertical grid lines determine East-West position and the horizontal grid 
lines determine North-South position.

Terry Machado