Universal Transverse Mercator

A commonly used map projection that uses a set of transverse Mercator projections for the globe which are divided into 60 zones, each covering 6 degrees longitude. Each zone has an origin of the central meridian and latitude of 0 degrees. A metric coordinate system commonly used for mapping at scales of 1:50,000 or larger. Satellite imagery is usually supplied in UTM coordinates because it provides georeferencing at high levels of accuracy for the entire grid.

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