Proj¶

pyproj.Proj is functionally equivalent to the proj command line tool in PROJ.

The PROJ docs say:

The `proj` program is limited to converting between geographic and
projection coordinates within one datum.

pyproj.Proj¶

class pyproj.proj.Proj(projparams: Any = None, preserve_units: bool = True, **kwargs)[source]¶

Bases: pyproj._proj._Proj

Performs cartographic transformations. Converts from longitude, latitude to native map projection x,y coordinates and vice versa using PROJ (https://proj.org).

srs¶

The string form of the user input used to create the Proj.

Type: str

crs¶

The CRS object associated with the Proj.

Type: pyproj.crs.CRS

__call__(longitude: Any, latitude: Any, inverse: bool = False, errcheck: bool = False, radians: bool = False) → Tuple[Any, Any][source]¶

Calling a Proj class instance with the arguments lon, lat will convert lon/lat (in degrees) to x/y native map projection coordinates (in meters).

Inputs should be doubles (they will be cast to doubles if they are not, causing a slight performance hit).

Works with numpy and regular python array objects, python sequences and scalars, but is fastest for array objects.

Parameters

longitude (scalar or array (numpy or python)) – Input longitude coordinate(s).
latitude (scalar or array (numpy or python)) – Input latitude coordinate(s).
inverse (boolean, optional) – If inverse is True the inverse transformation from x/y to lon/lat is performed. Default is False.
radians (boolean, optional) – If True, will expect input data to be in radians and will return radians if the projection is geographic. Default is False (degrees). This does not work with pyproj 2 and is ignored. It will be enabled again in pyproj 3.
errcheck (boolean, optional) – If True an exception is raised if the errors are found in the process. By default errcheck=False and inf is returned.

Returns

The transformed coordinates.

Return type

Tuple[Any, Any]

__init__(projparams: Any = None, preserve_units: bool = True, **kwargs) → None[source]¶

A Proj class instance is initialized with proj map projection control parameter key/value pairs. The key/value pairs can either be passed in a dictionary, or as keyword arguments, or as a PROJ string (compatible with the proj command). See https://proj.org/operations/projections/index.html for examples of key/value pairs defining different map projections.

Parameters

projparams (int, str, dict, pyproj.CRS) – A PROJ or WKT string, PROJ dict, EPSG integer, or a pyproj.CRS instance.
preserve_units (bool) – If false, will ensure +units=m.
**kwargs – PROJ projection parameters.

Example usage:

>>> from pyproj import Proj
>>> p = Proj(proj='utm',zone=10,ellps='WGS84', preserve_units=False)
>>> x,y = p(-120.108, 34.36116666)
>>> 'x=%9.3f y=%11.3f' % (x,y)
'x=765975.641 y=3805993.134'
>>> 'lon=%8.3f lat=%5.3f' % p(x,y,inverse=True)
'lon=-120.108 lat=34.361'
>>> # do 3 cities at a time in a tuple (Fresno, LA, SF)
>>> lons = (-119.72,-118.40,-122.38)
>>> lats = (36.77, 33.93, 37.62 )
>>> x,y = p(lons, lats)
>>> 'x: %9.3f %9.3f %9.3f' % x
'x: 792763.863 925321.537 554714.301'
>>> 'y: %9.3f %9.3f %9.3f' % y
'y: 4074377.617 3763936.941 4163835.303'
>>> lons, lats = p(x, y, inverse=True) # inverse transform
>>> 'lons: %8.3f %8.3f %8.3f' % lons
'lons: -119.720 -118.400 -122.380'
>>> 'lats: %8.3f %8.3f %8.3f' % lats
'lats:   36.770   33.930   37.620'
>>> p2 = Proj('+proj=utm +zone=10 +ellps=WGS84', preserve_units=False)
>>> x,y = p2(-120.108, 34.36116666)
>>> 'x=%9.3f y=%11.3f' % (x,y)
'x=765975.641 y=3805993.134'
>>> p = Proj("epsg:32667", preserve_units=False)
>>> 'x=%12.3f y=%12.3f (meters)' % p(-114.057222, 51.045)
'x=-1783506.250 y= 6193827.033 (meters)'
>>> p = Proj("epsg:32667")
>>> 'x=%12.3f y=%12.3f (feet)' % p(-114.057222, 51.045)
'x=-5851386.754 y=20320914.191 (feet)'
>>> # test data with radian inputs
>>> p1 = Proj("epsg:4214")
>>> x1, y1 = p1(116.366, 39.867)
>>> '{:.3f} {:.3f}'.format(x1, y1)
'116.366 39.867'
>>> x2, y2 = p1(x1, y1, inverse=True)
>>> '{:.3f} {:.3f}'.format(x2, y2)
'116.366 39.867'

definition_string() → str[source]¶

Returns formal definition string for projection

>>> Proj("epsg:4326").definition_string()
'proj=longlat datum=WGS84 no_defs ellps=WGS84 towgs84=0,0,0'

get_factors(longitude: Any, latitude: Any, radians: bool = False, errcheck: bool = False) → importlib._bootstrap.Factors[source]¶

New in version 2.6.0.

Calculate various cartographic properties, such as scale factors, angular distortion and meridian convergence. Depending on the underlying projection values will be calculated either numerically (default) or analytically.

The function also calculates the partial derivatives of the given coordinate.

Parameters

longitude (scalar or array (numpy or python)) – Input longitude coordinate(s).
latitude (scalar or array (numpy or python)) – Input latitude coordinate(s).
radians (boolean, optional) – If True, will expect input data to be in radians. Default is False (degrees).
errcheck (boolean, optional) – If True an exception is raised if the errors are found in the process. By default errcheck=False and inf is returned.

Returns

Return type

Factors

has_inverse¶: Returns true if this projection has an inverse

is_exact_same(self, other)¶: Compares Proj objects to see if they are exactly the same.

to_latlong() → pyproj.proj.Proj [source]¶: return a new Proj instance which is the geographic (lat/lon) coordinate version of the current projection

to_latlong_def() → Optional[str][source]¶: return the definition string of the geographic (lat/lon) coordinate version of the current projection

pyproj.proj.Factors¶

class pyproj.proj.Factors¶

New in version 2.6.0.

These are the scaling and angular distortion factors.

See PJ_FACTORS documentation # noqa

Parameters

meridional_scale (List[float]) – Meridional scale at coordinate.
parallel_scale (List[float]) – Parallel scale at coordinate.
areal_scale (List[float]) – Areal scale factor at coordinate.
angular_distortion (List[float]) – Angular distortion at coordinate.
meridian_parallel_angle (List[float]) – Meridian/parallel angle at coordinate.
meridian_convergence (List[float]) – Meridian convergence at coordinate. Sometimes also described as grid declination.
tissot_semimajor (List[float]) – Maximum scale factor.
tissot_semiminor (List[float]) – Minimum scale factor.
dx_dlam (List[float]) – Partial derivative of coordinate.
dx_dphi (List[float]) – Partial derivative of coordinate.
dy_dlam (List[float]) – Partial derivative of coordinate.
dy_dphi (List[float]) – Partial derivative of coordinate.

property angular_distortion¶: Alias for field number 3

property areal_scale¶: Alias for field number 2

property dx_dlam¶: Alias for field number 8

property dx_dphi¶: Alias for field number 9

property dy_dlam¶: Alias for field number 10

property dy_dphi¶: Alias for field number 11

property meridian_convergence¶: Alias for field number 5

property meridian_parallel_angle¶: Alias for field number 4

property meridional_scale¶: Alias for field number 0

property parallel_scale¶: Alias for field number 1

property tissot_semimajor¶: Alias for field number 6

property tissot_semiminor¶: Alias for field number 7