Activation

Description

zone = utmzoneuiopens an graphical user interface for choosing a UTM zone on a world display map. You select a zone by clicking an area for its appropriate zone, or entering a valid zone to identify the zone on the map.

zone = utmzoneui(InitZone)initialize the map displayed to the zone character vector specified inInitZone.

To interactively pick a UTM zone, activate the interface, and then click any rectangular zone on the world map to display its UTM zone. The selected zone is highlighted in red and its designation is displayed in theZoneedit field. Alternatively, type a valid UTM designation in theZoneedit field to select and see the location of a zone. Valid zone designations consist of an integer from 1 to 60 followed by a letter from C to X.

Typing only the numeric portion of a zone designation will highlight a column of cells. ClickingAcceptreturns a that UTM column designation. You cannot return a letter (row designation) in such a manner, however.

Controls

Tips

The syntax ofutmzoneuiis similar to that ofutmzone. Ifutmzoneis called with no arguments, theutmzoneuiinterface is displayed for you to select a zone. Note thatutmzonecan return latitude-longitude coordinates of a specified zone, but thatutmzoneuionly returns zone names.

Version History

See Also

utmgeoid|utmzone