fix the UTM_ZONE confusion #1053
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Fix the previous confusion that UTM_ZONE should end with the hemisphere, not the latitude band, which is not part of UTM but part of MGRS. + utils.utils0.utm_zone2epsg_code(): revert back the south arg feeding from UTM_ZONE + utils.utils0.utm2latlon(): use the `northern` arg instead of the latitude band, to match the meaning of UTM_ZONE metadata + utils.utils0.latlon2utm(): return east/north only, for simplicity and style consistency with utm2latlon. + docs/api/attributes.UTM_ZONE: add more description and examples
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Description of proposed changes
This PR fixes the previous confusion that UTM_ZONE should end with the hemisphere, not the latitude band, which is not part of UTM but part of MGRS, as described in #1052 (comment).
utils.utils0.utm_zone2epsg_code(): revert back the south arg feeding from UTM_ZONE
utils.utils0.utm2latlon(): use the
northernarg instead of the latitude band, to match the meaning of UTM_ZONE metadatautils.utils0.latlon2utm(): return east/north only, for simplicity and style consistency with utm2latlon.
docs/api/attributes.UTM_ZONE: add more description and examples
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