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false easting

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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A value relating to distance east of a standard meridian but with a constant added to make the numbers convenient. For instance, in UTM the value 500,000 is added to the easting from the center of each zone to return a false easting that is never negative (the smallest true easting is approximately -340,000 which is set to false easting of 160,000).

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Topics: cartography, geography, natural-sciences

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