Assertion: transverse mercator projection | /r/CapableOf | distort distance
Facets:
value: positively
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: The Scale Factor of 0.9996 means that along the Central Meridian, the true scale of 1.0 is reduced slightly so that at locations off the true meridian the scale factor will be more nearly 1.0 (the Transverse Mercator projection distorts distance positively as you move away from the Central Meridian).