topic 'LUnit_meters' - What is it? in Geoprocessing Questions

'LUnit_meters' - What is it?

D__SamuelRajasekhar — Wed, 09 Apr 2014 18:16:18 GMT

Hello All,

I am processing some geo-referenced historic aerials images in ERDAS Imagine. These are in;
NAD_1983_UTM_Zone_18N
WKID: 26918 Authority: EPSG

However when I process them (without any changes to the coordinate system) they come out as:
LUnits_meters
Authority: Custom

In ERDAS Imagine these are described as:
UTM NAD83 Zone18
[ATTACH=CONFIG]32980[/ATTACH]
Any help is greatly appreciated.

-Samuel

Re: 'LUnit_meters' - What is it?

T__WayneWhitley — Wed, 09 Apr 2014 18:46:07 GMT

If you're asking what that LUnits_meters means, my guess is it's simply telling you its UTM native coordinates (which are projected) are in linear units of meters. The esri WKT (well-known-text) for this spatial ref includes the datum/projection info - the last param shows the linear unit of meters:

PROJCS["NAD_1983_UTM_Zone_18N",
GEOGCS["GCS_North_American_1983",DATUM["D_North_American_1983",SPHEROID["GRS_1980",6378137,298.257222101]],
PRIMEM["Greenwich",0],
UNIT["Degree",0.017453292519943295]],
PROJECTION["Transverse_Mercator"],
PARAMETER["latitude_of_origin",0],
PARAMETER["central_meridian",-75],
PARAMETER["scale_factor",0.9996],
PARAMETER["false_easting",500000],
PARAMETER["false_northing",0],
UNIT["Meter",1]]

http://spatialreference.org/ref/epsg/nad83-utm-zone-18n/

Not sure I understand if that is what you mean to ask?

Re: 'LUnit_meters' - What is it?

D__SamuelRajasekhar — Wed, 09 Apr 2014 19:00:18 GMT

Below is the complete description:
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LUnits_meters
Authority: Custom

Projection: Transverse_Mercator
false_easting: 500000.0
false_northing: 0.0
central_meridian: -75.0
scale_factor: 0.9996
latitude_of_origin: 0.0
Linear Unit: Meter (1.0)

Geographic Coordinate System: GCS_North_American_1983
Angular Unit: Degree (0.0174532925199433)
Prime Meridian: Greenwich (0.0)
Datum: D_North_American_1983
Spheroid: GRS_1980
    Semimajor Axis: 6378137.0
    Semiminor Axis: 6356752.314140356
    Inverse Flattening: 298.257222101
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

It is somehow in the Custom Projection, Below graphics:
[ATTACH=CONFIG]32986[/ATTACH]
[ATTACH=CONFIG]32987[/ATTACH]

I do not see the EPSG code in the description. But ERDAS Imagine displays the EPSG code (as well as the coordinate information)

Thanks,

Samuel