The transverse Mercator map projection (TM, TMP) is an adaptation of the standard Mercator projection. The transverse version is widely used in national...
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The Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) is a map projection system for assigning coordinates to locations on the surface of the Earth. Like the traditional...
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The Mercator projection (/mərˈkeɪtər/) is a conformal cylindrical map projection first presented by Flemish geographer and mapmaker Gerardus Mercator in...
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constant. These are some conformal projections: Mercator: Rhumb lines are represented by straight segments Transverse Mercator Stereographic: Any circle of...
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The oblique Mercator map projection is an adaptation of the standard Mercator projection. The oblique version is sometimes used in national mapping systems...
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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...
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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...
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drawn as a straight line on the map.) Transverse Mercator projection Gauss–Krüger coordinate system (This projection preserves lengths on the central meridian...
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Projected coordinate system (section Projections)
map projection. Each projected coordinate system, such as "Universal Transverse Mercator WGS 84 Zone 26N," is defined by a choice of map projection (with...
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Universal Transverse Mercator coordinate system. MTM uses a transverse Mercator projection with zones spaced 3° of longitude apart. The coordinate system...
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Nevertheless, the use of the Cassini projection has largely been superseded by the transverse Mercator projection, at least with central mapping agencies...
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parallels (as red lines) on the commonly used Mercator projection and the Transverse Mercator projection. On the former the parallels are horizontal and...
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Transverse Mercator projection has many implementations. Louis Krüger in 1912 developed one of his two implementations that expressed as a power series...
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Scale (map) (section Mercator projection)
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...
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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...
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developed improved methods for calculating the transverse Mercator projection; developed a conformal projection of the Pacific Ocean minimising scale errors;...
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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...
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country (projected to the Airy ellipsoid then flattened using the Transverse Mercator projection), or as the point farthest from the boundary of the country...
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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...
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Tissot's indicatrix (category Map projections)
The transverse Mercator projection with Tissot's indicatrices The stereographic projection with Tissot's indicatrices The sinusoidal projection with...
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It largely preserves the familiar shapes of the Mercator projection while modestly reducing Mercator's distortion. Polar regions are subject to extreme...
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State University provides the following parameters for the projection: Jordan Transverse Mercator Geographic Coordinate System: GCS_International_1924 Datum:...
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instance of a stereographic projection of the Earth's surface. Its popularity in cartography increased after Rumold Mercator used its equatorial aspect...
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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...
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example, "Universal Transverse Mercator WGS 84 Zone 16N") comprises a choice of Earth ellipsoid, horizontal datum, map projection (except in the geographic...
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The Miller cylindrical projection is a modified Mercator projection, proposed by Osborn Maitland Miller in 1942. The latitude is scaled by a factor of...
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inspired by the Dymaxion map. The projection does not have some of the major distortions of the Mercator projection, like the expansion of countries in...
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Motor Philippines Theban Mapping Project, of archaeologic sites Transverse Mercator projection 2,2,6,6-Tetramethylpiperidine, an organic chemistry reagent...
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a superior alternative to the commonly used Mercator projection, on the basis that the Mercator projection greatly distorts the relative sizes of regions...
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National Grid reference system Bermuda National Grid, a kind of Transverse Mercator projection Banning Municipal Airport (IATA airport code) Bingen-White Salmon...
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