[Proj] cs2cs - specifying UTM zone on command line

Kristian Evers kreve at sdfe.dk
Mon Oct 29 16:11:58 EST 2018


Thanks for putting me straight, everyone. I guess there’s a case for such a projection afterall!

How would this best be described in PROJ?

 +proj=zutm ? +proj=utm +zone=auto, as Robb suggested? Something else?

/Kristian

> On 29 Oct 2018, at 21:51, Andre Joost <andre+joost at nurfuerspam.de> wrote:
> 
> Am 29.10.18 um 21:14 schrieb Kristian Evers:
>> Okay, so basically encoding the zone in the easting? Better, but I
>> still think it is weird. At least it produces somewhat sane output.
>> 
>> Is that operation used by any CRS in the EPSG database?
>> 
> 
> surely:
> 
> EPSG:5649 up to 5653 have it, and 4647, 3873 to 3885.
> 
> Some countries prefer these, to avoid missing zone number problems.
> 
> Greetings,
> Andre Joost
> 
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