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U.S. National Grid (USNG)
Converts between USNG, UTM, and geodetic latitude/longitude. The U.S. National Grid (USNG) System is an alpha-numeric reference system that overlays the UTM coordinate system. It is a Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) standard developed to improve public safety, commerce, as well as aid the casual GPS user. The USNG provides an easy to use geoaddress system for identifying and determining locations with the help of a USNG gridded map and/or a USNG enabled GPS system.
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Tools, Presentations, and Articles
- Understanding
and Implementing Mapping and the US National Grid for Emergency Services
--a presentation by Talbot Brooks and Dick Kotapish
--work supported by USGS cooperative agreement - USNG Poster
- USNG Training Map
- How to Read the US National Grid
- How to use a Grid Reader
- Print your own USNG Reader
- USNG Info Sheet
- National Journal article Which Way to the National Grid? April 2006
- NASAR article The U.S. National Grid
- U.S. National Grid in Florida a PowerPoint presentation by Richard Butgereit, GIS Administrator
- Mountainpathfinder article Use of the U.S. National Grid in Georgia SAR Mar 2009
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Last Modified 8/18/2009