"false northing" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: false northings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} false northing (plural false northings)
  1. (cartography) A value relating to distance north of a standard latitude but with a constant added to make the numbers convenient. For instance, in UTM, the Southern Hemisphere is assigned negative degrees of latitude, but to avoid negative numbers in northings, a constant value of 10,000,000 is added so that negative numbers for northings do not occur. Categories (topical): Cartography Related terms: false easting
    Sense id: en-false_northing-en-noun-DOn19PGQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: cartography, geography, natural-sciences

Inflected forms

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