Can anyone recommend a good book on coordinate systems like UTM?
I would like to understand how the equations work for at least the
UTM system.
Most of what I have been able to find on the web does not go into
the equations.
Chris Marshall
Chris,
On Thu, Nov 29, 2001 at 07:29:39AM -0500, Chris Marshall wrote:
Can anyone recommend a good book on coordinate systems like UTM?
I would like to understand how the equations work for at least the
UTM system.Most of what I have been able to find on the web does not go into
the equations.
you may want to look at (sorry, Latex format):
\bibitem[Bugayevskiy and Snyder, 2000]{bugayevskiy2000} Bugayevskiy, L.M and
J.P. Snyder 2000. \textit{Map Projections. A reference manual.} London,
Philadelphia: Taylor \& Francis.
\bibitem[Evenden, 1995]{evenden95} Evenden, G., 1995. \textit{Cartographic
Projection Procedures for the Unix Environment -- A User s Manual.} US
Geological Survey Open File Report 90-284\\
\url{http://www.remotesensing.org/proj/\}
\bibitem[Maling, 1992]{maling92} Maling, D.H., 1992. \textit{Coordinate
Systems and Map Projections.} 2nd ed., Elmsford, N.Y.: Pergamon Press.
%ISBN 0080372341 - 0080370333
\bibitem[Robinson et al., 1995]{robinson95} Robinson, A.H., J.L. Morrison,
P.C. Muehricke, A.J. Kimerling and S.C. Guptill, 1995. \textit{Elements of
Cartography.} reprint of 6th ed. New York: Wiley.
%ISBN: 0471555797
Especially the first is focusing on the mathematics.
Hope this helps,
Markus