central meridian
the longitude of the horizontal center of a coordinate system (this longitude value is often the longitude origin of the coordinate system); in the case of the transverse Mercator projection, ...
Central Meridian
The meridian that passes through the poles and origin of an ellipsoid/sphere representing the earth and is used in calculations of a specific projection.
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central meridian
A central meridian is a meridian that passes through the center of a projection. The central meridian is often a straight line that is an axis of symmetry of the projection.
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Central meridian and lines perpendicular to it
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Central meridian - A line running North and South, at the center of a graticule, along which all points have the same longitude. See also Meridian.
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central meridian
The line of longitude that defines the center and often the x-origin of a projected coordinate system.
the central meridian is straight, half as long as the Equator, and a standard line in odd-numbered projections
poles are flat, half as long as the Equator
even-numbered projections are equal-area ...
the central meridian is the meridian where the cylinder touches the sphere
theoretically, the central meridian is the line of zero distortion ...
Distances are only correct along parallels and central meridian. Shapes become more distorted away from the central meridian and close to the poles. Slaking See wetting and drying.
Just as the normal aspect Mercator projection has low distortion of scale near the equator, so does a transverse Mercator projection have low scale distortion near its central meridian.
The origin of each UTM zone is the intersection of its central meridian and the equator, and the parameters are applied to this origin to make it convenient to work with making all x and y values positive, or reducing their range.
The UTM easting coordinate (the X coordinate) for a feature is the distance in meters east or west from the central meridian of the UTM zone.
and is the longitude from the central meridian, and is the latitude.
The Mollweide is a pseudocylindrical projection in which the equator is represented as a straight horizontal line perpendicular to a central meridian one-half its length.
Figure 2 - UTM Zones and Central Meridians for Canada.
Once the zone has been flattened onto a level surface it can be divided into a basic set of map sheets of a convenient size.
There is a false origin defined at 400,000, -100,000 such that the central meridian is the Zero easting of the National Grid - which is also aligned to the 2 degree West meridian of Longitude. Additionally, the scale along the central meridian is 0.
Each zone extends 3 degrees east and west from its central meridian and are numbered consecutively west to east from the 180-degree meridian. Transverse Mercator projections may then be applied to each zone.
This line is known as the ‘central meridian' and is the only line within the zone that can be drawn between the poles and be perpendicular to the equator (in other words, it is the new ‘ ...
Put another way: UTM projection is used to define horizontal positions world-wide by dividing the surface of the Earth into 6 degree zones, each mapped by the Transverse Mercator projection with a central meridian in the center of the zone.
Multiple Standard Parallels or Central Meridians
One very common variation is to have more than one 'touch point of the paper' to the Earth- ie two or more Standard Parallels (or Central Meridians).
Enter Central Parallel: 0 if you want the Equator as the central parallel
Enter Central Meridian: 0 if you want the Greenwich meridian as central meridian
Enter Scale Factor at the Central Meridian ...
Each zone has its own central meridian and standard parallels to maintain the desired level of accuracy.
Transverse Mercator projections result from projecting the sphere onto a cylinder tangent to a central meridian. Transverse Mercator maps are often used to portray areas with larger north-south than east-west extent.
UTM zones have an origin on the equator at the point where the central meridian of the zone intersects. Coordinates are measured in meters from the false origin followed by the zone number and the hemisphere.
The projection is true to scale along the central meridian and along each parallel. It is neither conformal nor equal-area, and it is only free of distortion along the central meridian.
Projection type Transverse Mercator Reference ellipsoid GRS80 Datum/reference frame ITRF2005 Central meridian 11[degrees] 20' Scale factor at central meridian 1.0 False Northing 0.0 meter False Easting 1,000,000.
The easting coordinates are measured from an artificial reference line drawn parallel and 500,000 meters to the west of the zone's central meridian.
The polyconic projection (from the Greek, "poly" meaning many), envelopes the globe with an infinite number of cones, each with its own standard parallel. The parallels are non-concentric, while the central meridian is straight.
A coordinate system is usually defined by a map projection, a spheroid of reference, a datum, one or more standard parallels, a central meridian, and possible shifts in the x- and y-directions to locate x,y positions of point, line, ...
Using Spatial Analyst this tile was clipped, warped with an order-three polynomial to approximate an Equidistant Conic projection (Clarke 1866 spheroid, central meridian 71 degrees west, reference latitude 19 degrees north, ...
[ESRI software] In Survey Analyst for field measurements, any meridian that is parallel to the central meridian, used when computing points in planar rectangular coordinate systems of limited extent.
A class of map projections in which the parallels are represented by a system of non-concentric circular arcs with centers lying on the straight line representing the central meridian (Lee 1944).
Other projection mathods are based on more complicated flattenable projection surfaces, and instead of points of tangency, spacial cases of these projections can be made by adjusting their Standard Paraslells or Central Meridians ...
Eastings are in meters with respect to a central meridian drawn through the center of each grid zone (and given an arbitrary easting of 500,000 meters). In the northern hemisphere, northings are read in meters from the equator (0 meters).
A transverse cylindric projection uses a meridian of longitude as its central meridian. travelling salesman problem p.
 See also: Meridian, Map, Projection, Area, Parallel
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