Tanzania UTM Grid Zones

30°0'0"E 36°0'0"E

0°0'0"
: 0°0'0" Equator

35 36 37

     


 

       
          
  
Lake Victoria


  

   


      

          

  

   

 
  


    



            





 
    
  

     
   
 

       
 


    

       
  
     
  



  
 


   
 


      




          



 


  



     
  





 






  


 

  
 




    
          

 

       
        
             


             

    
                

  
    
   

     

   
 
 

   

 
   

    
  



  

 
     
 

     
   

  
 

     
 
 

   
 
 


   

   
  
 


 

     

    

   
         
   
 


     
   
   
    
   
      

            
    
  

    
   
   
  
 
     

            

  
  
        


 
  

            

  

  
   
        

  
  
La


     
      
   

   
   
   
k
eT

    
   
       
    
   
 
an

   


   
  
gan

 
      

yik


 
  

 


  
a

 



        Indian Ocean


   
   
        
     
 
     
   

  


   
  






 
  

 
 
 
  

  

 

 





        

 


    
 


            

    
   

   
    
8°0'0"S   
   
    
   8°0'0"S

  
   
   
   
       
 
      

     

  
  


              

     
     
    
  
 
 






 
  
  

 

  
  


   
         
About zone: In the world there are 60 longitudinal projection zones numbered from 1 to 60 starting at 180°W and
 

ending to 180°E .Each of these zones is 6 degrees wide, apart from a few exceptions around Norway and Svalbard.
  

 

According to this distribution Tanzania is falling in 35, 36 and 37 longitudinal projection zones. Within Each      
   
     

    
 
Longitudinal zone the Transverse Mercator projection is used to give coordinates (i.e. Eastings and Northings in
 

meters).


 
 
  
Easting UTM coordinate: Easting coordinate of a point is measured from the false origin 500,000 meters to the west  
  
Lake Nya

of the central meridian of UTM zone. Within a zone; Easting Values increase toward East and decrease toward West.   
 
       



 
  
   


Northing UTM Coordinates: Northing value in northern hemisphere specifies the number of meters a point is located          
  


       
  
north of the equator (defined as 0 meter) . The northing of a point South of the equator is equal to 10,000,000 meters 

  
sa

minus its distance from the equator. In both northern and Southern h emisphere, Northing values increase from South to       
  

North.   
    


Purpose: To get information about zones with respect to the area you w ant to work with.

Sources: Standard Sheets, Scanned map of Tanzania, Open Street Map and Data from ESRI resource Center,

Projection: Transverse Mercator

Datum: Arc 1960

Tools used: ArcMap, GDAL, Google Earth and Java Open Street Editor

Distribution: For non commercial distribution

Rights: All rights received according to data sources.

Compiled by: Hatibu Semkieti (email: semkieti@gmail.com)

35 36 37

30°0'0"E Central Meridian(33°0°0°) 36°0'0"E Central Meridian(39°0°0°)

