HK80 (version 0.0.2)

HK80GEO_TO_HK80UTM: Convert HK80 geographical coordinates to HK80 UTM coordinates

Description

Convert HK80 geographical coordinates to HK80 UTM coordinates

Usage

HK80GEO_TO_HK80UTM(latitude, longitude)

Arguments

latitude

Numeric, latitude in decimal format.

longitude

Numeric, longitude in decimal format.

Value

A list including the HK80UTM Coordinates, including: N, E, and Zone.

Details

Using equation (1) to (3) in the explanatory Note within this package. The document is available at : http://www.geodetic.gov.hk/smo/gsi/data/pdf/explanatorynotes.pdf

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

HK80UTM_TO_HK80GEO

Examples

options(digits = 15)
#### The example on the explanatory notes
HK80GEO_TO_HK80UTM(22 + 26/60 + 6.76/3600, 114 + 10/60 + 20.46/3600)
#### Output
##  $N
##  [1] 2483772.487
##  
##  $E
##  [1] 208931.9164
##  
##  $zone
##  [1] "50Q"

###### The results from the explanatory notes
#### 2483772, 208932

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