HK80GEO_TO_WGS84UTM {HK80}

Convert the HK80GEO coordinates to WGS84UTM coordinates

Description

Convert the HK80GEO coordinates to WGS84UTM coordinates

Usage

HK80GEO_TO_WGS84UTM(latitude, longitude)

Arguments

latitude

latitude in decimal degrees

longitude

longitude in decimal degrees

Details

This function convert the HK80GEO coordinates to HK80UTM, and convert the intermediate output into WGS84UTM. More details can be found on page C4.

Value

N

Northern coordinate in meters

E

Eastern coordinate in meters

zone

UTM zone, either 49 or 50

Note

The coordinates should be within the range of Hong Kong. Providing coordinates outside Hong Kong will lead to wrong results.

Author(s)

Jinlong Zhang

References

Survey & Mapping Office Lands Department, Hong Kong Government (1995). Explanatory Notes on Geodetic Datums in Hong Kong, available at: http://www.geodetic.gov.hk/smo/gsi/data/pdf/explanatorynotes.pdf

See Also

WGS84UTM_TO_HK80GEO

Examples

options(digits = 15)
HK80GEO_TO_WGS84UTM(22.323701767, 114.138734989 )
#### $N
#### [1] 2471278.72895382
#### 
#### $E
#### [1] 205493.220909862
#### 
#### $zone
#### [1] 50

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#### Answer from the online conversion tool 
#### 50Q, 2471279, 205494