false northing

noun

Definitions

  1. A value relating to distance north of a standard latitude but with a constant added to…

    A value relating to distance north of a standard latitude but with a constant added to make the numbers convenient. For instance, in UTM, the Southern Hemisphere is assigned negative degrees of latitude, but to avoid negative numbers in northings, a constant value of 10,000,000 is added so that negative numbers for northings do not occur.

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Vish — recursive loop

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

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