<div dir="ltr"><div><div>Coordinate systems do not generally have defined bounds although there may be laws that govern where a given coordinate system is to be used. In theory, you could represent any place on the earth in any coordinate system.<br>
</div><br>Regarding UTM, a given coordinate pair would be valid in any of the 60 UTM zones since false x and y are the same in every zone. Only the longitude origin changes between zones.<br><br></div>I don't know if this would be helpful in your case, but an interesting tool that was introduced at FOSS4G-NA this year can help make educated guesses about coordinate systems: <a href="http://projfinder.com/">http://projfinder.com/</a><br>
<div><br></div><div>Rich<br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Oct 24, 2013 at 3:11 AM, Tamas Szekeres <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:szekerest@gmail.com" target="_blank">szekerest@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Hi,<div><br></div>Is there a way to find out the bounds of a given projection?<br>Let’s say I have a given projection (UTM) and have a point (supposedly in the same utm) but I want to find out if that point is within the bounds of the projection.<div>
<br></div><div>Let me know if you have ideas.</div><div><br></div><div>Best regards,</div><div><br></div><div>Tamas</div></div>
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