define northing and easting
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Easting and northing are geographic Cartesian coordinates for a point. Easting is the eastward-measured distance (or the x-coordinate) and northing is the northward-measured distance (or the y-coordinate). ... Easting and northing coordinates are commonly measured in metres from the axes of some horizontal datum.
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Northings are numbered horizontal lines found on maps. The equator is a northing line, and additional invisible lines surround the Earth moving away from the equator.
A grid of squares helps the map-reader to locate a place. The vertical lines are called eastings. They are numbered - the numbers increase to the east. The horizontal lines are called northings as the numbers increase in an northerly direction.
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