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false easting

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Noun

  1. {{lb|en|cartography}} A value relating to distance east of a standard meridian but with a constant added to make the numbers convenient. For instance, in [[UTM]] the value 500,000 is added to the easting from the center of each zone to return a false easting that is never negative (the smallest true easting is approximately -340,000 which is set to false easting of 160,000).

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