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Created December 22, 2013 14:44
A tool to convert map coordinates from UTM to Geographic Original javascript version found on http://www.uwgb.edu/dutchs/usefuldata/ConvertUTMNoOZ.HTM and converted to PHP.
<?Php
//Original version: http://www.uwgb.edu/dutchs/usefuldata/ConvertUTMNoOZ.HTM
function UTMtoGeog($Easting,$Northing,$UtmZone,$SouthofEquator=false) //Convert UTM Coordinates to Geographic
{
//Declarations
//Symbols as used in USGS PP 1395: Map Projections - A Working Manual
$k0 = 0.9996;//scale on central meridian
$a = 6378137.0;//equatorial radius, meters.
$f = 1/298.2572236;//polar flattening.
$b = $a*(1-$f);//polar axis.