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false easting

noun

Definitions

  1. A value relating to distance east of a standard meridian but with a constant added to…

    A value relating to distance east of a standard meridian but with a constant added to make the numbers convenient. For instance, in UTM the value 500,000 is added to the easting from the center of each zone to return a false easting that is never negative (the smallest true easting is approximately -340,000 which is set to false easting of 160,000).

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for false easting. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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