False Easting/Northing

False easting and false northing are GIS terms used to relocate the coordinate system's origin by appending values to the x (easting) and y (northing) coordinates, respectively, during a map projection. In order to make computations and data storage easier, this shift is made to guarantee that every coordinate inside the area of interest is positive. To guarantee that no easting values are negative, for example, a false easting of 500,000 meters is added to each zone's central meridian in the Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) coordinate system. In the southern hemisphere, false northing is also used to move the origin northward while avoiding negative northing values. These modifications aid in standardizing and streamlining the coordinate values across regions without changing the actual geographic position. In conclusion, artificial offsets known as false easting and northing are employed to keep projected coordinate systems' coordinate values positive and controllable.