[Proj] Relationship between transverse Mercator algorithms

[Charles Karney]

Mikael Rittri wrote:
>> For each set, define
>>
>>   dxn  = max(error in forward transformation,
>>               discrepancy in forward and reverse transformations)
>>           for nth order method (order e^(2*n))
>
> Has the nominal error in the forward transformation been divided by
> the local scale factor?

No, the first term does not include the scale factor and so that "max"
is of two dissimilar quantities (a scaled distance and a distance).  So
the table I gave overestimates the errors by up to a factor of 10
particularly for mu (angular distance from central meridian) > 45.  For
mu < 20 the change in the errors will be only about 10%.

I will correct (sometime today or tomorrow) this so that the error is
really meters on the ground.

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