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==Examples of projected CRS== {{further|List of national coordinate reference systems}} [[File:Universal_Transverse_Mercator_zones.svg|thumb|[[Universal Transverse Mercator coordinate system|UTM]] zones on an equirectangular world map with irregular zones in red]] * [[Universal Transverse Mercator]] (UTM): not a single coordinate system, but a series of 60 ''zones'' (each being a [[Gore (segment)|gore]] 6Β° wide), each a system with its own [[Transverse Mercator projection]]. * [[Universal Polar Stereographic]] (UPS): a pair of coordinate systems covering the [[Arctic]] and [[Antarctica]] using a [[Stereographic projection]]. * [[Ordnance Survey National Grid]] (OSNG): a transverse mercator projection centered on 2Β°W that covers [[Great Britain]] with its own encoding scheme. * [[State Plane Coordinate System]] (SPCS): another composite system of more than 120 coordinate systems (''zones''), each covering a [[State (United States)|state]] of the United States or a portion thereof. * [[Swiss coordinate system]] (LV95): covers Switzerland, using a [[Mercator projection]]. * [[Irish Transverse Mercator]] (ITM): jointly created by the [[Republic of Ireland]] and [[United Kingdom]] to cover the island of [[Ireland]]. * [[Bermuda National Grid]] * [[Hellenic Geodetic Reference System 1987]] (Greece) * [[Israeli Transverse Mercator]] (NIG) * [[Swedish grid]] (RT90)
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