Hi Bjorn,You could automate the procedure of finding which zone each raster falls in. Each install of ArcGIS includes reference data in the directory 'C:\Program Files (x86)\ArcGIS\Desktop10.0\Reference Systems'. There is a UTM.shp located here and you can use this to determine each zone for each TIFF. Here is an example on how to do this:import arcpy
from arcpy import env
env.overwriteOutput = True
prjFile = r"C:\Program Files (x86)\ArcGIS\Desktop10.0\Coordinate Systems\Geographic Coordinate Systems\World\WGS 1984.prj"
spatRef = arcpy.SpatialReference(prjFile)
# list each raster and extract coordinates
env.workspace = r"C:\temp\python\rasters"
lstRasters = arcpy.ListRasters("*", "TIF")
for ras in lstRasters:
rasName = ras.split('.')[0]
lat_lon = rasName.split('_')[1]
if 'N' in lat_lon:
lat = int(lat_lon[1:3])
else:
lat = int(lat_lon[1:3]) * -1
if 'W' in lat_lon:
lon = int(lat_lon[4:]) * -1
else:
lon = int(lat_lon[4:])
# Create a point based on the coordinate values
point = arcpy.Point(lon, lat)
UTMfc = r"C:\TEMP\Python\UTM.shp"
# create an empty point feature class with a field called 'Name'
env.workspace = r"C:\temp\python\test.gdb"
arcpy.CreateFeatureclass_management(env.workspace, "LatLon", "POINT", "", "", "", spatRef)
arcpy.AddField_management("LatLon", "Name", "TEXT")
# Populate the feature class with the coordinate value and the raster name
rows = arcpy.InsertCursor("LatLon")
row = rows.newRow()
row.Name = rasName
row.Shape = point
rows.insertRow(row)
del row, rows
# Perform an intersect to find which zone the raster falls in
arcpy.Intersect_analysis(["LatLon", UTMfc], "Intersect", "", "", "POINT")
rows = arcpy.SearchCursor("Intersect")
for row in rows:
print str(row.Name) + " is in zone UTM" + str(row.Zone)
arcpy.Delete_management("LatLon")
arcpy.Delete_management("Intersect")
You could probably append some additional code onto this to project the raster based on the zone it falls within.