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Projection and Scale |
The projection is rectangular on all maps with the longitude/latitude ratio 1/1 at 45 degrees latitude. This means that the geographical picture looks too narrow'' between the equator and 45 degrees latitude and "too wide" between 45 degrees latitude and the poles In south north direction the scale is 1 /30000000 everywhere and in west-east direction the scale is varying from 1/42000000 at the equator to 1/0 at the poles This world atlas should generally not be used for distance measuring purposes |
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Descriplion of the Maidenhead Locator System The earth's surface is divided into 18 x 18 = 324 "fields'', each one 20 degrees (longitude) x 10 degrees (latitude) Each field is divided into 10 x 10 = 100 ''squares", each one 2 degrees (longitude) x 1 degree (latitude). Each square is finally divided into 24 x 24 = 576 "subsquares", each one 5 minutes (longitude) x 2 5 minutes (latitude) The fields are indicated by 2 letters AA-RR, the squares by 2 digits 00 99 and the subsquares by 2 letters AA-XX The first character is the longitude character and the second character is the latitude character on each level. The numbering direction is everywhere west to east and south to north The complete locator is the sum of all 6 characters. for example "JN63RH".Recommended abbreviation for the world "locator" on CW is "LOC". |
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