/swiss-coordinates

Converter for Swiss-Coordinates and WGS-Coordinates.

Primary LanguagePHP

Convert WGS (Word Geodetic System) coordinates into CH (Swiss-Coordinates) and vice versa.

Wrapper class with composer support based on http://www.swisstopo.admin.ch/internet/swisstopo/de/home/products/software/products/skripts.html

Informations about coordinates:

  • Lat/Long = Latitude And Longitude
  • WGS = Word Geodetic System
  • Lat = Y-Axis
  • Long = X-Axis

Example swiss coordinates:

  • Rigi: Y = 679520, X = 212273
  • Zürich-Seebach: Y = 684592, X = 252857

Installation

composer require nadar/swiss-coordinates

Usage example:

use swisscoordinates\Converter;

echo Converter::CHtoWGSlat(679520, 212273); // 47.056709
echo Converter::CHtoWGSlong(679520, 212273); // 8.485306