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| The Universal Transverse Mercator |
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| n | Developed in
1947 by US army |
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| n | A type of
cylindrical projection but unlike the |
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| normal
cylindrical projection, it is called |
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| Transverse
Mercator because the cylinder is |
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| wrapped around
the Poles, not on the Equator. |
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| n | Currently, the WGS84 ellipsoid is
used as the |
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| underlying
model of the Earth in the UTM |
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| coordinate
system. |
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| n | Implemented as
an internationally standard |
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| coordinate
system |
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