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

[Ravi Vundavalli]

Hi Terry,
converting Long Lats to meters
is converting Geographic coordinates to astute coordinates.
With lat the size of a Longitude Degree changes, as it is maximum near
equator and should be zero near poles.

simple way is to use a converter. U input lat longs and it does all the work
and output meters for U..
http://www.geocomp.com.au/geocalc/

Goodluck
Ravi Kumar

On 3/20/06, Terry Machado <terry.machado at gmail.com> wrote:
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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:
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> 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
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