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Record 1 2010-11-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cartography
DEF

[...] a plane grid of rectangular coordinates overprinted on maps to assist defining location. It covers the entire globe in 60 meridional zones with a width of 6 degrees longitude each, these zones being numbered 1 - 60 from the International Data Line eastwards.

Key term(s)
  • Universal Transverse Mercator grid

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cartographie
DEF

Système de projection conforme normalisé représentant la Terre en 72° Nord et 72° Sud au moyen de 60 projections de Mercator transverse dont les méridiens centraux sont espacés de 6°.

Spanish

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