transverse mercator in a sentence

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1. Each of the 60 zones uses a transverse Mercator projection that can map a region of large north-south extent with low distortion.
2. Nevertheless, the use of the Cassini projection has largely been superseded by the Transverse Mercator projection, at least with central mapping agencies.
3. During World War II, a Military Palestine Grid was used that was similar to the Palestine Grid but used the transverse Mercator projection.
4. This system is called the New Zealand Geodetic Datum 2000, and includes the NZ Transverse Mercator projection that topographical maps are published in.
5. Given the parameters associated with particular location or grin, the projection formulas for the transverse Mercator are a complex mix of algebraic and trigonometric functions.
6. The variable-location and variable-length nature of profiles stems mainly from the use of the UTM ( Universal Transverse Mercator ) ground reference system.
7. The Universal Transverse Mercator coordinate system ( UTM ) is used to provide grid references for worldwide locations and this is the system commonly used for the Channel Islands.
8. Large-scale DLGs are usually cast on the Universal Transverse Mercator coordinate system ( UTM ), but are sometimes cast on the State Plane rectangular coordinate system.
9. Rounded scale factor at longitude 2 degrees west is 0.999601271775, so on the Transverse Mercator projection 49 degrees North is 5427063.8153 meters from the Equator.
10. The transverse Mercator projection is a variant of the Mercator projection, which was originally developed by the conformal, which means it preserves angles and therefore shapes across small regions.