Dear UseRs,Is there a way in R to convert latitude and longitude in degree.minute.second to meter? (e.g. 45'55'')Thankyou very much in Advance,Eliza [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
Eliza, Would transforming to UTM coordinates work? Clint Clint Bowman INTERNET: clint at ecy.wa.gov Air Quality Modeler INTERNET: clint at math.utah.edu Department of Ecology VOICE: (360) 407-6815 PO Box 47600 FAX: (360) 407-7534 Olympia, WA 98504-7600 USPS: PO Box 47600, Olympia, WA 98504-7600 Parcels: 300 Desmond Drive, Lacey, WA 98503-1274 On Fri, 31 Oct 2014, eliza botto wrote:> Dear UseRs,Is there a way in R to convert latitude and longitude in degree.minute.second to meter? (e.g. 45'55'')Thankyou very much in Advance,Eliza > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > R-help at r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. >
see spTransform() in the sp package (and ask on R-Sig-Geo) There is also a function in one of the spatial-related packages to convert lat/long in dms format to decimal, but I don?t remember its name. -- Don MacQueen Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory 7000 East Ave., L-627 Livermore, CA 94550 925-423-1062 On 10/31/14, 8:22 AM, "eliza botto" <eliza_botto at hotmail.com> wrote:>Dear UseRs,Is there a way in R to convert latitude and longitude in >degree.minute.second to meter? (e.g. 45'55'')Thankyou very much in >Advance,Eliza > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > >______________________________________________ >R-help at r-project.org mailing list >https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help >PLEASE do read the posting guide >http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html >and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.