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Computing in Geographic Information Systems
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Computing in Geographic Information Systems

by Narayan Panigrahi
July 2014
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
303 pages
8h 34m
English
CRC Press
Content preview from Computing in Geographic Information Systems
Basics of Map Projection 81
80
north and south of 80
south are mapped using UPS (Universal Polar
Stereographic) projection. The figure shows the UTM zones indexing system.
Each zone index constitutes a ‘number-alpha’ index scheme where the number
refers to the 8
zone and / or the column designator and the character (‘A’-
‘X’) are used as the row designator of the UTM zones. Each UTM zone has a
central meridian which has a scale factor of 0.9996.
In order to avoid negative coordinates for portions located west of the cen-
tral meridian the central meridian has been assigned a (false) easting value of
5000,000 (meters). The equator has been given a northing value of ‘0’ meter.
For measuring the positions north of the equator a (false) northing value
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ISBN: 9781482223149