Definitions from Wiktionary (false easting)
▸ noun: (cartography) 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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▸ noun: (cartography) 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).
Similar:
easting,
false northing,
east-north-east,
east by northeast,
east by north,
northeast by east,
southeast by east,
departure,
westing,
east-southeast,
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