[R] from long/lat to UTM

[Sander Oom]

Hi Yyan,

The proj4R package by Roger Bivand will allow you to project data in 
many ways and directions.

http://spatial.nhh.no/R/Devel/proj4R-pkg.pdf

It uses the proj libraries from:

http://www.remotesensing.org/proj/

Not sure where you would derive the time zone!

Good luck,

Sander.

yyan liu wrote:
> Hi:
>   Is there any function in R which can convert the
> long/lat to UTM(Universal Transverse Mercator)?
>   There are quite a few converters on Internet.
> However, the interface is designed as input->output
> which I can not convert lots of locations at the same
> time.
>   Another question is whether there is a function in R
> which can tell the time zone from the location's
> lat/long?
>   Thank you!
> 
> liu
> 
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