Return UTM Zone

convert_long_2_utm() was deprecated in favor of get_utm_zone() as the new funciton name more accurately reflects what the function does. convert_long_to_utm() take a longitude coordinate and returns the corresponding UTM zone.

Usage

convert_long_to_utm(lon)

Arguments

lon

• Decimal degree longitude value

Value

The function returns a numeric UTM zone (between 1 and 60).

Details

Input a longitude (decimal degree) coordinate and this simple function returns the number of the UTM zone where that point falls.