
This material updated from The Universal Transverse Mercator Grid, Department of Energy, Mines and Resources Canada, Surveys and Mapping Branch, Ottawa, © 1969, The Queen's Printer. To help you understand what topographic maps are and how to use them, see National Topographic System (NTS) and The basics. The Canada Centre for Mapping and Earth Observation (CCMEO) uses the Universal Transverse Mercator Projection for mapping of the National Topographic System (NTS) series at 1:50 000 and 1:250 000 scales. In no time and without any additional software you can easily creates a 3D map of a location of almost every place on earth. All projections have certain advantages and disadvantages, and the selection of one or the other depends chiefly on the needs of the user. Create, customize and edit your 3D map in the browser.

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The UTM Grid – Map Projections section describes the different systems that can be used to locate any place in Canada. This distortion is not important for maps showing small parts of the Earth, such as city maps, but quite considerable for maps representing a country or entire continents. Because the Earth is a sphere, any representation of it on a flat surface involves distortion.
