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UniversalTransverseMercator UTM
UniversalTransverseMercator UTM
UniversalTransverseMercator UTM
Monica Spicker
Some slides adapted from Harry Frank
2008
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Objectives
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Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM)
NATO system
Metric units (meters)
World is split into 60, 6º degree zones
Spokane area is Zone 11N
Distorted above North 84º, and South 80º,
not applied above these latitudes.
Smallest grid unit on USGS 1:24000 maps
is 1 km. May be different on different scale
maps!
Coordinates get larger going east
(easting) from the zone meridian and
larger going north (northing) from the
equator.
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Identifying the grid
466 467
(Easting)
5157 5157
Map
5156 5156
(Northing)
466 467
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Determining Coordinates: Easting
Find theDetermine the easting
nearest smaller first: to the
coordinate
FromLEFT
the object
(W) ofon map
your ( ) go
point
to the bottom (or top) edge of the map
5157
5156
465 466
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Determining Coordinates: Easting
4 6 5 0 0 0
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Determining Coordinates: Easting
Divide the distance between the coordinate to
the left of your point and the coordinate to the right of
your point into tenths
465 466
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Determining Coordinates: Easting
4 6 5 3 0 0
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Determining Coordinates: Northing
Find
From
the the
nearest
pointcoordinate
on map ( below
) look(S)
to the
of your
left point
(or right) edge of the map
5157
5156
465 466
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Determining Coordinates: Northing
5 1 5 6 0 0 0
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Determining Coordinates: Northing
Count or estimate the number of tenths from the
coordinate BELOW your point TO the corner.
5157
5156
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Determining Coordinates: Northing
5 1 5 6 8 0 0
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Final Coordinates of
465300E 5165800N
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Using a Template
5165820N
Starting corner:
465000E 5165000N
Template placed
on map at
kilometer grid
corner 465360E
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Another Way to Use the Template
465360E
Starting corner:
465000E 5165000N
5165820N
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Determining Coordinates
489520E
5315440N
Start here.
489000E, 5315000N
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Practice Exercises
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Plotting Points
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490120E
5315340N
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MGRS and USNG
Military Grid Reference System
US National Grid System
USNG and MGRS are identical
Based on UTM
Default datum is NAD83
Includes
UTM zone (number and letter)
A two letter grid designator that replaces the
smaller written UTM number in the margin
only the ending 5 numbers. More can be
truncated, if you are not going down to single
meters.
Most GPS support MGRS.
Most commercial maps do NOT.
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Example
in UTM: 11T 490150E 5315325N
in MGRS:
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