Java, convert lat / lon to UTM

Question

Does anyone know of a way, in Java, to convert the position of the earth's surface from lat, lon to UTM (say, in WGS84)? I am currently looking at Geotools, but unfortunately the solution is not obvious.

Answer 1

I was able to use Geotools 2.4 to get something that works, based on some sample code .

double utmZoneCenterLongitude = ... // Center lon of zone, example: zone 10 = -123 int zoneNumber = ... // zone number, example: 10 double latitude, longitude = ... // lat, lon in degrees MathTransformFactory mtFactory = ReferencingFactoryFinder.getMathTransformFactory(null); ReferencingFactoryContainer factories = new ReferencingFactoryContainer(null); GeographicCRS geoCRS = org.geotools.referencing.crs.DefaultGeographicCRS.WGS84; CartesianCS cartCS = org.geotools.referencing.cs.DefaultCartesianCS.GENERIC_2D; ParameterValueGroup parameters = mtFactory.getDefaultParameters("Transverse_Mercator"); parameters.parameter("central_meridian").setValue(utmZoneCenterLongitude); parameters.parameter("latitude_of_origin").setValue(0.0); parameters.parameter("scale_factor").setValue(0.9996); parameters.parameter("false_easting").setValue(500000.0); parameters.parameter("false_northing").setValue(0.0); Map properties = Collections.singletonMap("name", "WGS 84 / UTM Zone " + zoneNumber); ProjectedCRS projCRS = factories.createProjectedCRS(properties, geoCRS, null, parameters, cartCS); MathTransform transform = CRS.findMathTransform(geoCRS, projCRS); double[] dest = new double[2]; transform.transform(new double[] {longitude, latitude}, 0, dest, 0, 1); int easting = (int)Math.round(dest[0]); int northing = (int)Math.round(dest[1]); 

Answer 2

There is no library, nothing. Copy it!

Using these two classes, you can convert degree (latitude / longitude) to UTM and vice versa ...

 private class Deg2UTM { double Easting; double Northing; int Zone; char Letter; private Deg2UTM(double Lat,double Lon) { Zone= (int) Math.floor(Lon/6+31); if (Lat<-72) Letter='C'; else if (Lat<-64) Letter='D'; else if (Lat<-56) Letter='E'; else if (Lat<-48) Letter='F'; else if (Lat<-40) Letter='G'; else if (Lat<-32) Letter='H'; else if (Lat<-24) Letter='J'; else if (Lat<-16) Letter='K'; else if (Lat<-8) Letter='L'; else if (Lat<0) Letter='M'; else if (Lat<8) Letter='N'; else if (Lat<16) Letter='P'; else if (Lat<24) Letter='Q'; else if (Lat<32) Letter='R'; else if (Lat<40) Letter='S'; else if (Lat<48) Letter='T'; else if (Lat<56) Letter='U'; else if (Lat<64) Letter='V'; else if (Lat<72) Letter='W'; else Letter='X'; Easting=0.5*Math.log((1+Math.cos(Lat*Math.PI/180)*Math.sin(Lon*Math.PI/180-(6*Zone-183)*Math.PI/180))/(1-Math.cos(Lat*Math.PI/180)*Math.sin(Lon*Math.PI/180-(6*Zone-183)*Math.PI/180)))*0.9996*6399593.62/Math.pow((1+Math.pow(0.0820944379, 2)*Math.pow(Math.cos(Lat*Math.PI/180), 2)), 0.5)*(1+ Math.pow(0.0820944379,2)/2*Math.pow((0.5*Math.log((1+Math.cos(Lat*Math.PI/180)*Math.sin(Lon*Math.PI/180-(6*Zone-183)*Math.PI/180))/(1-Math.cos(Lat*Math.PI/180)*Math.sin(Lon*Math.PI/180-(6*Zone-183)*Math.PI/180)))),2)*Math.pow(Math.cos(Lat*Math.PI/180),2)/3)+500000; Easting=Math.round(Easting*100)*0.01; Northing = (Math.atan(Math.tan(Lat*Math.PI/180)/Math.cos((Lon*Math.PI/180-(6*Zone -183)*Math.PI/180)))-Lat*Math.PI/180)*0.9996*6399593.625/Math.sqrt(1+0.006739496742*Math.pow(Math.cos(Lat*Math.PI/180),2))*(1+0.006739496742/2*Math.pow(0.5*Math.log((1+Math.cos(Lat*Math.PI/180)*Math.sin((Lon*Math.PI/180-(6*Zone -183)*Math.PI/180)))/(1-Math.cos(Lat*Math.PI/180)*Math.sin((Lon*Math.PI/180-(6*Zone -183)*Math.PI/180)))),2)*Math.pow(Math.cos(Lat*Math.PI/180),2))+0.9996*6399593.625*(Lat*Math.PI/180-0.005054622556*(Lat*Math.PI/180+Math.sin(2*Lat*Math.PI/180)/2)+4.258201531e-05*(3*(Lat*Math.PI/180+Math.sin(2*Lat*Math.PI/180)/2)+Math.sin(2*Lat*Math.PI/180)*Math.pow(Math.cos(Lat*Math.PI/180),2))/4-1.674057895e-07*(5*(3*(Lat*Math.PI/180+Math.sin(2*Lat*Math.PI/180)/2)+Math.sin(2*Lat*Math.PI/180)*Math.pow(Math.cos(Lat*Math.PI/180),2))/4+Math.sin(2*Lat*Math.PI/180)*Math.pow(Math.cos(Lat*Math.PI/180),2)*Math.pow(Math.cos(Lat*Math.PI/180),2))/3); if (Letter<'M') Northing = Northing + 10000000; Northing=Math.round(Northing*100)*0.01; } } private class UTM2Deg { double latitude; double longitude; private UTM2Deg(String UTM) { String[] parts=UTM.split(" "); int Zone=Integer.parseInt(parts[0]); char Letter=parts[1].toUpperCase(Locale.ENGLISH).charAt(0); double Easting=Double.parseDouble(parts[2]); double Northing=Double.parseDouble(parts[3]); double Hem; if (Letter>'M') Hem='N'; else Hem='S'; double north; if (Hem == 'S') north = Northing - 10000000; else north = Northing; latitude = (north/6366197.724/0.9996+(1+0.006739496742*Math.pow(Math.cos(north/6366197.724/0.9996),2)-0.006739496742*Math.sin(north/6366197.724/0.9996)*Math.cos(north/6366197.724/0.9996)*(Math.atan(Math.cos(Math.atan(( Math.exp((Easting - 500000) / (0.9996*6399593.625/Math.sqrt((1+0.006739496742*Math.pow(Math.cos(north/6366197.724/0.9996),2))))*(1-0.006739496742*Math.pow((Easting - 500000) / (0.9996*6399593.625/Math.sqrt((1+0.006739496742*Math.pow(Math.cos(north/6366197.724/0.9996),2)))),2)/2*Math.pow(Math.cos(north/6366197.724/0.9996),2)/3))-Math.exp(-(Easting-500000)/(0.9996*6399593.625/Math.sqrt((1+0.006739496742*Math.pow(Math.cos(north/6366197.724/0.9996),2))))*( 1 - 0.006739496742*Math.pow((Easting - 500000) / (0.9996*6399593.625/Math.sqrt((1+0.006739496742*Math.pow(Math.cos(north/6366197.724/0.9996),2)))),2)/2*Math.pow(Math.cos(north/6366197.724/0.9996),2)/3)))/2/Math.cos((north-0.9996*6399593.625*(north/6366197.724/0.9996-0.006739496742*3/4*(north/6366197.724/0.9996+Math.sin(2*north/6366197.724/0.9996)/2)+Math.pow(0.006739496742*3/4,2)*5/3*(3*(north/6366197.724/0.9996+Math.sin(2*north/6366197.724/0.9996 )/2)+Math.sin(2*north/6366197.724/0.9996)*Math.pow(Math.cos(north/6366197.724/0.9996),2))/4-Math.pow(0.006739496742*3/4,3)*35/27*(5*(3*(north/6366197.724/0.9996+Math.sin(2*north/6366197.724/0.9996)/2)+Math.sin(2*north/6366197.724/0.9996)*Math.pow(Math.cos(north/6366197.724/0.9996),2))/4+Math.sin(2*north/6366197.724/0.9996)*Math.pow(Math.cos(north/6366197.724/0.9996),2)*Math.pow(Math.cos(north/6366197.724/0.9996),2))/3))/(0.9996*6399593.625/Math.sqrt((1+0.006739496742*Math.pow(Math.cos(north/6366197.724/0.9996),2))))*(1-0.006739496742*Math.pow((Easting-500000)/(0.9996*6399593.625/Math.sqrt((1+0.006739496742*Math.pow(Math.cos(north/6366197.724/0.9996),2)))),2)/2*Math.pow(Math.cos(north/6366197.724/0.9996),2))+north/6366197.724/0.9996)))*Math.tan((north-0.9996*6399593.625*(north/6366197.724/0.9996 - 0.006739496742*3/4*(north/6366197.724/0.9996+Math.sin(2*north/6366197.724/0.9996)/2)+Math.pow(0.006739496742*3/4,2)*5/3*(3*(north/6366197.724/0.9996+Math.sin(2*north/6366197.724/0.9996)/2)+Math.sin(2*north/6366197.724/0.9996 )*Math.pow(Math.cos(north/6366197.724/0.9996),2))/4-Math.pow(0.006739496742*3/4,3)*35/27*(5*(3*(north/6366197.724/0.9996+Math.sin(2*north/6366197.724/0.9996)/2)+Math.sin(2*north/6366197.724/0.9996)*Math.pow(Math.cos(north/6366197.724/0.9996),2))/4+Math.sin(2*north/6366197.724/0.9996)*Math.pow(Math.cos(north/6366197.724/0.9996),2)*Math.pow(Math.cos(north/6366197.724/0.9996),2))/3))/(0.9996*6399593.625/Math.sqrt((1+0.006739496742*Math.pow(Math.cos(north/6366197.724/0.9996),2))))*(1-0.006739496742*Math.pow((Easting-500000)/(0.9996*6399593.625/Math.sqrt((1+0.006739496742*Math.pow(Math.cos(north/6366197.724/0.9996),2)))),2)/2*Math.pow(Math.cos(north/6366197.724/0.9996),2))+north/6366197.724/0.9996))-north/6366197.724/0.9996)*3/2)*(Math.atan(Math.cos(Math.atan((Math.exp((Easting-500000)/(0.9996*6399593.625/Math.sqrt((1+0.006739496742*Math.pow(Math.cos(north/6366197.724/0.9996),2))))*(1-0.006739496742*Math.pow((Easting-500000)/(0.9996*6399593.625/Math.sqrt((1+0.006739496742*Math.pow(Math.cos(north/6366197.724/0.9996),2)))),2)/2*Math.pow(Math.cos(north/6366197.724/0.9996),2)/3))-Math.exp(-(Easting-500000)/(0.9996*6399593.625/Math.sqrt((1+0.006739496742*Math.pow(Math.cos(north/6366197.724/0.9996),2))))*(1-0.006739496742*Math.pow((Easting-500000)/(0.9996*6399593.625/Math.sqrt((1+0.006739496742*Math.pow(Math.cos(north/6366197.724/0.9996),2)))),2)/2*Math.pow(Math.cos(north/6366197.724/0.9996),2)/3)))/2/Math.cos((north-0.9996*6399593.625*(north/6366197.724/0.9996-0.006739496742*3/4*(north/6366197.724/0.9996+Math.sin(2*north/6366197.724/0.9996)/2)+Math.pow(0.006739496742*3/4,2)*5/3*(3*(north/6366197.724/0.9996+Math.sin(2*north/6366197.724/0.9996)/2)+Math.sin(2*north/6366197.724/0.9996)*Math.pow(Math.cos(north/6366197.724/0.9996),2))/4-Math.pow(0.006739496742*3/4,3)*35/27*(5*(3*(north/6366197.724/0.9996+Math.sin(2*north/6366197.724/0.9996)/2)+Math.sin(2*north/6366197.724/0.9996)*Math.pow(Math.cos(north/6366197.724/0.9996),2))/4+Math.sin(2*north/6366197.724/0.9996)*Math.pow(Math.cos(north/6366197.724/0.9996),2)*Math.pow(Math.cos(north/6366197.724/0.9996),2))/3))/(0.9996*6399593.625/Math.sqrt((1+0.006739496742*Math.pow(Math.cos(north/6366197.724/0.9996),2))))*(1-0.006739496742*Math.pow((Easting-500000)/(0.9996*6399593.625/Math.sqrt((1+0.006739496742*Math.pow(Math.cos(north/6366197.724/0.9996),2)))),2)/2*Math.pow(Math.cos(north/6366197.724/0.9996),2))+north/6366197.724/0.9996)))*Math.tan((north-0.9996*6399593.625*(north/6366197.724/0.9996-0.006739496742*3/4*(north/6366197.724/0.9996+Math.sin(2*north/6366197.724/0.9996)/2)+Math.pow(0.006739496742*3/4,2)*5/3*(3*(north/6366197.724/0.9996+Math.sin(2*north/6366197.724/0.9996)/2)+Math.sin(2*north/6366197.724/0.9996)*Math.pow(Math.cos(north/6366197.724/0.9996),2))/4-Math.pow(0.006739496742*3/4,3)*35/27*(5*(3*(north/6366197.724/0.9996+Math.sin(2*north/6366197.724/0.9996)/2)+Math.sin(2*north/6366197.724/0.9996)*Math.pow(Math.cos(north/6366197.724/0.9996),2))/4+Math.sin(2*north/6366197.724/0.9996)*Math.pow(Math.cos(north/6366197.724/0.9996),2)*Math.pow(Math.cos(north/6366197.724/0.9996),2))/3))/(0.9996*6399593.625/Math.sqrt((1+0.006739496742*Math.pow(Math.cos(north/6366197.724/0.9996),2))))*(1-0.006739496742*Math.pow((Easting-500000)/(0.9996*6399593.625/Math.sqrt((1+0.006739496742*Math.pow(Math.cos(north/6366197.724/0.9996),2)))),2)/2*Math.pow(Math.cos(north/6366197.724/0.9996),2))+north/6366197.724/0.9996))-north/6366197.724/0.9996))*180/Math.PI; latitude=Math.round(latitude*10000000); latitude=latitude/10000000; longitude =Math.atan((Math.exp((Easting-500000)/(0.9996*6399593.625/Math.sqrt((1+0.006739496742*Math.pow(Math.cos(north/6366197.724/0.9996),2))))*(1-0.006739496742*Math.pow((Easting-500000)/(0.9996*6399593.625/Math.sqrt((1+0.006739496742*Math.pow(Math.cos(north/6366197.724/0.9996),2)))),2)/2*Math.pow(Math.cos(north/6366197.724/0.9996),2)/3))-Math.exp(-(Easting-500000)/(0.9996*6399593.625/Math.sqrt((1+0.006739496742*Math.pow(Math.cos(north/6366197.724/0.9996),2))))*(1-0.006739496742*Math.pow((Easting-500000)/(0.9996*6399593.625/Math.sqrt((1+0.006739496742*Math.pow(Math.cos(north/6366197.724/0.9996),2)))),2)/2*Math.pow(Math.cos(north/6366197.724/0.9996),2)/3)))/2/Math.cos((north-0.9996*6399593.625*( north/6366197.724/0.9996-0.006739496742*3/4*(north/6366197.724/0.9996+Math.sin(2*north/6366197.724/0.9996)/2)+Math.pow(0.006739496742*3/4,2)*5/3*(3*(north/6366197.724/0.9996+Math.sin(2*north/6366197.724/0.9996)/2)+Math.sin(2* north/6366197.724/0.9996)*Math.pow(Math.cos(north/6366197.724/0.9996),2))/4-Math.pow(0.006739496742*3/4,3)*35/27*(5*(3*(north/6366197.724/0.9996+Math.sin(2*north/6366197.724/0.9996)/2)+Math.sin(2*north/6366197.724/0.9996)*Math.pow(Math.cos(north/6366197.724/0.9996),2))/4+Math.sin(2*north/6366197.724/0.9996)*Math.pow(Math.cos(north/6366197.724/0.9996),2)*Math.pow(Math.cos(north/6366197.724/0.9996),2))/3)) / (0.9996*6399593.625/Math.sqrt((1+0.006739496742*Math.pow(Math.cos(north/6366197.724/0.9996),2))))*(1-0.006739496742*Math.pow((Easting-500000)/(0.9996*6399593.625/Math.sqrt((1+0.006739496742*Math.pow(Math.cos(north/6366197.724/0.9996),2)))),2)/2*Math.pow(Math.cos(north/6366197.724/0.9996),2))+north/6366197.724/0.9996))*180/Math.PI+Zone*6-183; longitude=Math.round(longitude*10000000); longitude=longitude/10000000; } } 

Answer 3

I suggest JCoord . This allows you to convert various map coordinates using a very simple API.

You feel cocky, look at the source code; its pages and pages of dense trigonometry. Great stuff.

There's also a version of Javascript called JSCoord.

Answer 4

Alberta 10TM answer is probably redundant for what you need - this link from the developer works, probably contains all the necessary information.

Answer 5

Coordinate conversion can be performed in only a few lines of code:

 Coordinate coordinate = new Coordinate(x, y); MathTransform transform = CRS.findMathTransform(CRS.decode("EPSG:4326"), CRS.decode("EPSG:3857"), false); JTS.transform(coordinate, coordinate, transform); 

This converts the longitude / latitude coordinate (EPSG: 4326) to the projection coordinate of the Web Mercator (EPSG: 3857).

You just need to depend on the following two GeoTools libraries in your build tool (e.g. maven):

 <repositories> <repository> <id>osgeo</id> <name>Open Source Geospatial Foundation Repository</name> <url>http://download.osgeo.org/webdav/geotools/</url> </repository> </repositories> <dependencies> <dependency> <groupId>org.geotools</groupId> <artifactId>gt-api</artifactId> <version>${geotools.version}</version> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>org.geotools</groupId> <artifactId>gt-epsg-hsql</artifactId> <version>${geotools.version}</version> </dependency> </dependencies> 

This answer is based on a question / answer at gis.stackexchange.com. Sent my answer because the current answers here seem pretty verbose.

Answer 6

Take a look at OpenMap , in particular com. bbn.openmap.proj.coords in the API.

Answer 7

Steve Holland at the University of Wisconson has a good review of the algorithm. Also includes an Excel document to help confirm your numbers.

Answer 8

You can use this project https://github.com/Berico-Technologies/Geo-Coordinate-Conversion-Java/ by adding it to your existing pom.xml using jitpack.

I was able to successfully convert the UTM coordinates (30N, these are 30 zones and the northern hemisphere) to latitude and longitude. See my example below:

 public void setPunto(Point punto) { this.punto = punto; LatLon latlon = UTMCoord.locationFromUTMCoord(30, AVKey.NORTH, punto.getX(), punto.getY()); this.latitud = latlon.getLatitude().degrees; this.longitud = latlon.getLongitude().degrees; } 

Note that the Point class is of type com.vividsolutions.jts.geom.Point.

Answer 9

maybe you are manipulating a lot of spatial data here, I assume that you are using some kind of spatially resolved relational dbms like Postgres with the PostGIS extension. You can easily do such a transformation in PostGIS, it offers extensive support for the geometric operations and relationships defined in the OGC standards ...

just a thought!

Answer 10

For my projects I use the Ahmed Taha LatLongLib library. I think it’s very easy to convert coordinates from a UTM system to a Latitude-Longitude system and vice versa. You just need to play with the classes UTMUtils, UTMPoint and LatLonPoint.

I also thought about choosing Jcoord . It was easy and straight to the point. However, I needed to use the WGS84 ellipsoid, and at that time only LatLongLib seemed to have this function.