Transverse Mercator

Transverse Mercator

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. Distortion of scale, distance, direction and area increase away from the central meridian.

Many national grid systems are based on the Transverse Mercator projection 


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