As a result, Mercator’s map becomes useless at high latitudes due to the excessive distortion. But take a look at an Ordnance Survey of Ireland map: it is a Transverse Mercator Projection, based ...

The Universal Transverse Mercator ("UTM") grid system is a locational device similar to latitude and longitude with great potential for precisely identifying historic sites in the U.S. and Canada. The ...

The method uses a single geodetic control point, available 1:50 000 topographic maps and a SPOT satellite panchromatic image geo-referenced to GNG. The resultant parameters are applied to road survey ...