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5 | 5 | A particular subset of the transverse Mercator is the Universal Transverse
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6 | 6 | Mercator (UTM) which was adopted by the US Army for large-scale military maps.
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7 | 7 | Here, the globe is divided into 60 zones between 84°S and 84°N, most of which
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8 |
| -are 6 wide. Each of these UTM zones have their unique central meridian. |
9 |
| -Furthermore, each zone is divided into latitude bands but these are not needed |
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| -to specify the projection for most cases. |
| 8 | +are 6° (in longitude) wide. Each of these UTM zones have their unique central |
| 9 | +meridian. Furthermore, each zone is divided into latitude bands but these are |
| 10 | +not needed to specify the projection for most cases. |
11 | 11 |
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12 | 12 | In order to minimize the distortion in any given zone, a scale factor of 0.9996
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13 | 13 | has been factored into the formulae. This makes the UTM projection a secant
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14 | 14 | projection and not a tangent projection like the transverse Mercator above. The
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15 | 15 | scale only varies by 1 part in 1,000 from true scale at equator. The
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16 | 16 | ellipsoidal projection expressions are accurate for map areas that extend less
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| -than 10 away from the central meridian. |
| 17 | +than 10° away from the central meridian. |
18 | 18 |
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19 | 19 | **u**\ *zone/scale* or **U**\ *zone/width*
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20 | 20 |
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21 |
| -the projection is set with **u** or **U**. *zone* sets the zone for the figure, |
| 21 | +The projection is set with **u** or **U**. *zone* sets the zone for the figure, |
22 | 22 | and the figure size is set with *scale* or *width*.
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23 | 23 | """
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24 | 24 | import pygmt
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