[PROJ] Latitude of natural origin in Transverse Mercator

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Sat Jan 14 05:28:06 PST 2023


Hello,

You have angular latitudes on the globe and eastings and northings on 
the resulting map plane. One should not mix them to stay out of trouble.

Janne.

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Javier Jimenez Shaw kirjoitti 2023-01-13 16:28:
> Hi
> 
> I have a question about Transverse Mercator.
> What is the impact of the parameter "Latitude of natural origin",
> compared with the "False Northing"? (apart from the fact that one is
> in degrees and the other in meters)
> 
> Is there any difference on using a Latitude of natural origin of,
> let's say, 40 degrees, or compute the equivalent False Northing?
> 


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