Re: Could basemap plot in a UTM projection? - pyproj documentation

On 4/2/12 10:03 AM, Mathew Topper wrote:

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?

Mat:  If you use projection='tmerc' and then give the lat/lon coords of the upper right and lower left corners with llcrnrlon,llcrnrlat,urcrnrlon,urcrnrlat, the projection coordinates will be such that x,y = 0 in the lower left corner.  Since those will not match the UTM coordinates exactly, you will have to add an offset in x,y to make them match.

-Jeff

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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