Transverse Mercator Map of theWestern Hemisphere*

• In geodetic coordinates

the origin is at (0, -p/2, 0)

• The longitude of the origin

is shown as -90º W.

* From N. Bowditch, American Practical Navigator,

U.S. Navy Hydrographic Office, 1966 Ed.

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