Geomatics 2550 clemson - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

What does UTM stand for? - Universal Traverse Mercator UTM width and X coordinate - Each zone is 6 degrees wide with an x coordinate of 500 km or 500,000 m assigned to central meridian Easting values increase when... - Values are to the east (right) of the central meridian. example: SC central meridian is 500,000 m (by definition) 121,000 east of the central meridian has an easting of 500,000 + 121,000 = 621,000. Easting values decrease when... - Values are to the west (left) of the centra...