projected coordinate system
C16805
concept
A projected coordinate system is a spatial reference framework that represents locations on the curved surface of the Earth using a flat, two-dimensional map projection with defined units, origin, and projection parameters.
All labels observed (11)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| map projection | 6 |
| conformal projection | 2 |
| Universal Transverse Mercator system | 1 |
| azimuthal map projection | 1 |
| cartographic reference framework | 1 |
| conic map projection | 1 |
| geographic coordinate system | 1 |
| map coordinate system | 1 |
| map projection system | 1 |
| projected coordinate reference system | 1 |
| projected coordinate system canonical | 1 |
Description generation (CDg)
The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.
Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: projected coordinate system
Generated description
A projected coordinate system is a spatial reference framework that represents locations on the curved surface of the Earth using a flat, two-dimensional map projection with defined units, origin, and projection parameters.
Instances (11)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| Transverse Mercator | map projection |
| British National Grid | — |
| Earth parallels system | cartographic reference framework |
| Lambert azimuthal equal-area projection | map projection |
| Lambert conformal conic projection | map projection |
| Ordnance Survey National Grid | geographic coordinate system |
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Mercator projection
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de Kremer
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map projection |
| Mercator projection | map projection |
| UTM coordinate system | map projection system |
| Irish Transverse Mercator | map projection |
| UTM | map coordinate system |