Hi, UTM zones are N and S, north and south, regardless of what your (or mine) says. My Garmin says that south Portugal is 29S but the truth is 29N :) On Oct 19, 2011 7:48 PM, "Gerhardus Geldenhuis" < [email protected]> wrote:
> Hi John, > Thank you for the reply. > Unless I am mistaken 35S is very much in the northern hemisphere. Both > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:LA2-Africa-UTM-zones.png and > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Utm-zones.jpg indicates to me that 35S > is in the northern hemisphere and also my GPS which I trust more than > wikipedia indicated that my UTM zone and band were 35K. Now personally I > always take wikipedia with a pinch of salt but I am sure this is accurate > information. > > Regards > > On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 7:27 PM, John Bryant <[email protected]>wrote: > >> I think you should be able to use EPSG:32735 for zone 35 south. Search >> for 35S in the Project Properties dialogue, make sure to set the drop down >> for "Search for" to "Name". >> >> Cheers >> John >> >> On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 11:13 AM, Gerhardus Geldenhuis < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi >>> It seems QGIS is a bit partial to the northern hemisphere. Is there an >>> available source for UTM Zones in the northern hemisphere. I am looking for >>> UTM 35K. I am currently trying to enter a custom grid but would much prefer >>> to use and existing and reliable source of grid information. Appologies if I >>> got the terminology mixed up. >>> >>> Just to clarify, I am using Map Datum WGS84, UTM Zone 35, UTM Band K. All >>> my data is in UTM UPS format. >>> >>> This is hampering me a bit at the moment because I have managed to >>> georeference my scanned images but because there is not southern hemisphere >>> available it thinks it is in the northern hemisphere and turns everything >>> upside down. >>> >>> Regards >>> >>> -- >>> Gerhardus Geldenhuis >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Qgis-user mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user >>> >>> >> > > > -- > Gerhardus Geldenhuis > > _______________________________________________ > Qgis-user mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user > >
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