<div dir="ltr"><div>Hi Greg</div><div><br></div><div>The latitude at origin is defined in the EPSG <a href="https://epsg.org/coord-operation-method_9807/Transverse-Mercator.html">https://epsg.org/coord-operation-method_9807/Transverse-Mercator.html</a></div><div>It is used in some systems, like in Argentina (with latitude -90) and as Charles mentions in other answer, in "OSGB36 / British National Grid" (with latitude 49)</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers,<br></div><div><div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature">.___ ._ ..._ .. . ._. .___ .. __ . _. . __.. ... .... ._ .__<br>Entre dos pensamientos racionales <br>hay infinitos pensamientos irracionales.<br><br></div></div><br></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, 13 Jan 2023 at 16:00, Greg Troxel <<a href="mailto:gdt@lexort.com">gdt@lexort.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Javier Jimenez Shaw <<a href="mailto:j1@jimenezshaw.com" target="_blank">j1@jimenezshaw.com</a>> writes:<br>
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> I have a question about Transverse Mercator.<br>
> What is the impact of the parameter "Latitude of natural origin", compared<br>
> with the "False Northing"? (apart from the fact that one is in degrees and<br>
> the other in meters)<br>
> Is there any difference on using a Latitude of natural origin of, let's<br>
> say, 40 degrees, or compute the equivalent False Northing?<br>
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Snyder's Album [1] says that TM uses the equator. I had never heard of<br>
latitude of natural origin. Snyder's Manual [2] seems to align with<br>
equator only but I may have missed it.<br>
<br>
It seems like there is some more complicated definition of TM.<br>
ESRI [3] lists but does not explain latitude of natural origin.<br>
<br>
I would guess that latitude of natural origin means that some other<br>
latitute is used as the place in lat/lon that maps to 0 (before adding<br>
the false northing). But, it's an ellipsoidal projection and I can't<br>
convince myself that this is equivalent to a different false northing.<br>
<br>
To me, it seems wrong or at best confusing to interchange these<br>
parameters even if it is equivalent, as one seems to be about how the<br>
projection is done and the other is just about moving numbers away from<br>
0 so they won't be negative.<br>
<br>
I am curious how you were led to latitude of natural origin.<br>
<br>
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[1] <a href="https://www.usgs.gov/publications/album-map-projections" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.usgs.gov/publications/album-map-projections</a><br>
[2] <a href="https://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/1395/report.pdf" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/1395/report.pdf</a><br>
[3] <a href="https://desktop.arcgis.com/en/arcmap/latest/map/projections/transverse-mercator.htm" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://desktop.arcgis.com/en/arcmap/latest/map/projections/transverse-mercator.htm</a><br>
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