The transverse Mercator map projection (TM, TMP) is an adaptation of the standard Mercator projection. The transverse version is widely used in national...

The Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) is a map projection system for assigning coordinates to locations on the surface of the Earth. Like the traditional...

The Mercator projection (/mərˈkeɪtər/) is a conformal cylindrical map projection first presented by Flemish geographer and mapmaker Gerardus Mercator in...

The oblique Mercator map projection is an adaptation of the standard Mercator projection. The oblique version is sometimes used in national mapping systems...

Northern Ireland (OSNI) in 2001. The name is derived from the Transverse Mercator projection it uses and the fact that it is optimised for the island of...

coordinate system for Israel. The name is derived from the transverse Mercator projection it uses and the fact that it is optimized for Israel. ITM has...

constant. These are some conformal projections: Mercator: Rhumb lines are represented by straight segments Transverse Mercator Stereographic: Any circle of...

Universal Transverse Mercator coordinate system. MTM uses a transverse Mercator projection with zones spaced 3° of longitude apart. The coordinate system...

drawn as a straight line on the map.) Transverse Mercator projection Gauss–Krüger coordinate system (This projection preserves lengths on the central meridian...

map projection. Each projected coordinate system, such as "Universal Transverse Mercator WGS 84 Zone 26N," is defined by a choice of map projection (with...

Nevertheless, the use of the Cassini projection has largely been superseded by the transverse Mercator projection, at least with central mapping agencies...

based on either a transverse Mercator projection or a Lambert conformal conic projection. The choice between the two map projections is based on the shape...

Transverse Mercator projection has many implementations. Louis Krüger in 1912 developed one of his two implementations that expressed as a power series...

meridian, measured on the Transverse Mercator projection N = distance north of the equator, measured on the Transverse Mercator projection ε = 2 r − 1 ( r − 1...

prompted the development of the transverse Mercator projections in which a meridian is treated 'like an equator' of the projection so that we obtain an accurate...

parallels (as red lines) on the commonly used Mercator projection and the Transverse Mercator projection. On the former the parallels are horizontal and...

over other projections for world maps. It has less distortion of relative size of areas, most notably when compared to the Mercator projection; and less...

similar to the Palestine Grid but used the transverse Mercator projection. The difference between the two projections was only a few metres. After the establishment...

country (projected to the Airy ellipsoid then flattened using the Transverse Mercator projection), or as the point farthest from the boundary of the country...

The transverse Mercator projection with Tissot's indicatrices The stereographic projection with Tissot's indicatrices The sinusoidal projection with...

Motor Philippines Theban Mapping Project, of archaeologic sites Transverse Mercator projection 2,2,6,6-Tetramethylpiperidine, an organic chemistry reagent...

National Grid reference system Bermuda National Grid, a kind of Transverse Mercator projection Banning Municipal Airport (IATA airport code) Bingen-White Salmon...

It largely preserves the familiar shapes of the Mercator projection while modestly reducing Mercator's distortion. Polar regions are subject to extreme...

systems having moved onto conformal projection systems, typically modeled on the transverse Mercator projection. The rectangular polyconic has one specifiable...

State University provides the following parameters for the projection: Jordan Transverse Mercator Geographic Coordinate System: GCS_International_1924 Datum:...

cylindric projection and its virtues, specifically disparaging Mercator's projection.) Weisstein, Eric W. "Cylindrical Equal-Area Projection." From MathWorld—A...

proposed by Émile Guyou in 1887, and a transverse aspect was proposed by Oscar S. Adams in 1925. The projection has seen use in digital photography for...

example, "Universal Transverse Mercator WGS 84 Zone 16N") comprises a choice of Earth ellipsoid, horizontal datum, map projection (except in the geographic...

a superior alternative to the commonly used Mercator projection, on the basis that the Mercator projection greatly distorts the relative sizes of regions...

illustration of projection, rather than for practical maps. Its vertical stretching is even greater than that of the Mercator projection, whose construction...