false northing

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Noun

1. {{lb|en|cartography}} A value relating to distance north of a standard latitude but with a constant added to make the numbers convenient. For instance, in [[UTM]], the [[Southern Hemisphere]] is assigned negative degrees of latitude, but to avoid negative numbers in northings, a constant value of 10,000,000 is added so that negative numbers for northings do not occur.

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