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1. How many degrees (in longitude) is each UTM zone?
2. Where did the degrees, minutes, and seconds notation come from?
3. Of the various forms of the Transverse Mercator projection,
which is the UTM based on?
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1. 6, with 60 zones. Note that there are exceptions in Scandinavia (or Scandahoovia
as Norm calls it) and Polar regions.
2. It is generally attributed to the Ancient Babylonians, whose numbering system was based
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