Assertion: coordinate system's unit | /r/HasProperty | meter
Facets:
value: often
type: DEGREE
value: in the utm grid layout
type: LOCATION
value: for spcs
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
Source sentences:
text: In addition to a projection, a PCS includes a geographic coordinate system (which defines the earth model), a unit (often meters), and a set of parameter values which vary depending on the projection (false easting, central meridian, standard parallel, and so on).
text: " , DATUM [ "North_American_Datum_1927_1976" , SPHEROID [ "Clarke 1866" , 6378206.4 , 294.9786982138982 , AUTHORITY [ "EPSG" , "7008" ]], AUTHORITY [ "EPSG" , "6608" ]], PRIMEM [ "Greenwich" , 0 , AUTHORITY [ "EPSG" , "8901" ]], UNIT [ "degree" , 0.01745329251994328 , AUTHORITY [ "EPSG" , "9122" ]], AUTHORITY [ "EPSG" , "4608" ]], UNIT [ "metre" , 1 , AUTHORITY [ "EPSG" , "9001" ]], PROJECTION [ "Transverse_Mercator" ], PARAMETER [ "latitude_of_origin" , 0 ], PARAMETER [ "central_meridian" , - 81 ], PARAMETER [ "scale_factor" , 0.9996 ], PARAMETER [ "false_easting" , 500000 ], PARAMETER [ "false_northing" , 0 ], AUTHORITY [ "EPSG" , "2029" ], AXIS [ "Easting" , EAST ], AXIS [ "Northing" , NORTH ]]
text: For SPCS 83, the most common unit of measure is the meter.
text: In addition, the basic unit of distance used is sometimes feet and sometimes meters.
text: In the UTM grid layout, the unit of measurement is meters, and the coordinates of a point are designated as easting (determine east-west position) and northing (determine north-south position).
text: Section 30-13A-17, paragraph c of the West Virginia State Code http://wvgis.wvu.edu/otherdocs/standardsandpubs/spcs_wvcode.pdf states that the official unit of measure is meters, although many mapping professionals and surveyors still prefer U.S. Survey Feet.
text: The numerical coordinate systems we use firstly require a choice of measuring units (meters and seconds, for example).
text: The unit for all axes is meters (e.g. a 1x1x1 box will appear to be 1 meter tall relative to other scenery).
text: A given aircraft in X-Plane can be thought to have its own coordinate system with the same units (meters) as world coordinate systems, but positioned differently:
text: In addition, the basic unit of distance is either feet or meters.