Polar Stereographic

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• polar stereographic projection — A projection formed by positioning a flat sheet of paper tangential over one pole on the reduced earth and projecting the latitude and longitude graticule onto the paper from a light source positioned at the other pole. In this projection, the… …   Aviation dictionary

• Universal Polar Stereographic coordinate system — The Universal Polar Stereographic (UPS) coordinate system is used in conjunction with the Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) coordinate system to locate positions on the surface of the earth. Like the UTM coordinate system, the UPS coordinate… …   Wikipedia

• universal polar stereographic grid — A military grid system for use in limited areas in operations requiring precise position reporting. It covers areas between the 80° latitude and the poles. The northern pole area is divided into two parts by the 180° meridian. The western half is …   Aviation dictionary

• universal polar stereographic grid — A military grid prescribed for joint use in operations in limited areas and used for operations requiring precise position reporting. It covers areas between the 80 degree parallels and the poles …   Military dictionary

• Stereographic projection — In geometry, the stereographic projection is a particular mapping (function) that projects a sphere onto a plane. The projection is defined on the entire sphere, except at one point mdash; the projection point. Where it is defined, the mapping is …   Wikipedia

• Geographic coordinate system — Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 3.12MB) …   Wikipedia

• Military grid reference system — Geodesy Fundamentals Geodesy · …   Wikipedia

• Universal Transverse Mercator coordinate system — The Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) coordinate system is a grid based method of specifying locations on the surface of the Earth. It is used to identify locations on the earth, but differs from the traditional method of latitude and longitude …   Wikipedia

• UPS — UPS: Источник бесперебойного питания (англ. Uninterruptible Power Supply) United Parcel Service  курьерская компания Универсальная полярная стереографическая система координат (англ. Universal Polar Stereographic coordinate system …   Википедия

• Система координат UTM — зоны UTM Система координат UTM (от англ. Universal Transverse Mercator)  применяемая в геодезии и картографии система координат, разделяющая Землю на 60 вытянутых в меридиональном направлении зон шириной 6 градусов (максимальная ширина зоны… …   Википедия

• Meridian arc — In geodesy, a meridian arc measurement is a highly accurate determination of the distance between two points with the same longitude. Two or more such determinations at different locations then specify the shape of the reference ellipsoid which… …   Wikipedia