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Modified transverse Mercator, a variation of UTM used in Canada with zones spaced 3° of longitude apart as opposed to UTM's 6°. Transverse Mercator projection, the map projection used by UTM. Universal Polar Stereographic coordinate system, used at the North and South poles. Open Location Code, a hierarchical zoned system
UTM zones on an equirectangular world map with irregular zones in red and New York City's zone highlighted. The first part of an MGRS coordinate is the grid-zone designation. The 6° wide UTM zones, numbered 1–60, are intersected by latitude bands that are normally 8° high, lettered C–X (omitting I and O).
[20] [21] The six-degree zone width of UTM strikes a balance between the frequency of these discontinuities versus distortion of scale, which would increase unacceptably if the zones were made wider. (UTM further uses a 0.9996 scale factor at the central meridian, growing to 1.0000 at two meridians offset from the center, and increasing toward ...
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A transverse Mercator projection. The transverse Mercator map projection (TM, TMP) is an adaptation of the standard Mercator projection.The transverse version is widely used in national and international mapping systems around the world, including the Universal Transverse Mercator.
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Date/Time Dimensions User Comment 2009-01-15 02:06: 720×540× (1545249 bytes) Chrismurf: Making font size on meridian labels a little bit smaller. 2009-01-15 02:02
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