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On Sat, 26 Jul 2003 11:02:41 +0800, Aushiker
<Andrew@12345REMOVE_TO_8889999EMAILaushiker.com> wrote:

>Hi
>
>An article titled "How to Read the Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM)
>Grid" from GPS World, April 1996 has been "published" online at
><http://www.nps.gov/prwi/readutm.htm>.
>
>Looks like a useful article for those interested in using GPS.
>
>Regards
>Andrew Priest
>
>http://aushiker.com - Aushiker: Hiking in Western Australia
I prefer using UTM instead of LatLong.  Legal descriptions, in the US that's
"section, township and range", have their place, but UTM is far more accurate.  

I have a template for use with a GPS and a topomap.  The "UTM Grid Reader" (tm)
cost me only a few bucks, and it has saved me MANY headaches.  Has ten different
map scales and a 360* clear protractor.  

I got mine through Miners, Inc. out of Idaho, and they are manufactured by The
C-Thru Ruler Company of Bloomfield Conn.

I am telling of this because it's a damn fine tool.  I receive no pay or
compensation of any sort for telling of this fine tool.
TM

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"toadmonkey" <html5lover@spamyahoo.com> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 26 Jul 2003 11:02:41 +0800, Aushiker
> <Andrew@12345REMOVE_TO_8889999EMAILaushiker.com> wrote:

> I have a template for use with a GPS and a topomap.  The "UTM Grid Reader"
(tm)
> cost me only a few bucks, and it has saved me MANY headaches.  Has ten
different
> map scales and a 360* clear protractor.
>

You can make one of these by printing either of the pdf documents on
overhead transparency media:

http://www.maptools.com/pdf/UTMTools/24kPocket.pdf

http://vancouver-webpages.com/peter/utmgrid.pdf

Bob T

I switched to UTM after swapping minutes and seconds for decimal degrees and
making errors in the process. The UTM grid is so so easy and intuitive to
use.
Chris

"Aushiker" <Andrew@12345REMOVE_TO_8889999EMAILaushiker.com> wrote in message
news:8jr3ivgbi08kpnvkrsjusgnmdu2vsenoq2@4ax.com...
> Hi
>
> An article titled "How to Read the Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM)
> Grid" from GPS World, April 1996 has been "published" online at
> <http://www.nps.gov/prwi/readutm.htm>.
>
> Looks like a useful article for those interested in using GPS.
>
> Regards
> Andrew Priest
>
> http://aushiker.com - Aushiker: Hiking in Western Australia

I have a PDF file that will print off a UTM grid that works really well on
7.5 min quads (use Mylar sheets in your printer).

I'll post it or email it if anyone is interested.

Mark


"Aushiker" <Andrew@12345REMOVE_TO_8889999EMAILaushiker.com> wrote in message
news:8jr3ivgbi08kpnvkrsjusgnmdu2vsenoq2@4ax.com...
> Hi
>
> An article titled "How to Read the Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM)
> Grid" from GPS World, April 1996 has been "published" online at
> <http://www.nps.gov/prwi/readutm.htm>.
>
> Looks like a useful article for those interested in using GPS.
>
> Regards
> Andrew Priest
>
> http://aushiker.com - Aushiker: Hiking in Western Australia

Mark wrote:

> I have a PDF file that will print off a UTM grid that works really well on
> 7.5 min quads (use Mylar sheets in your printer).
>
> I'll post it or email it if anyone is interested.
>
> Mark
>
> "Aushiker" <Andrew@12345REMOVE_TO_8889999EMAILaushiker.com> wrote in message
> news:8jr3ivgbi08kpnvkrsjusgnmdu2vsenoq2@4ax.com...
> > Hi
> >
> > An article titled "How to Read the Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM)
> > Grid" from GPS World, April 1996 has been "published" online at
> > <http://www.nps.gov/prwi/readutm.htm>.
> >
> > Looks like a useful article for those interested in using GPS.
> >
> > Regards
> > Andrew Priest
> >
> > http://aushiker.com - Aushiker: Hiking in Western Australia

That's very handy for the compleat idiot.  But I can find my way up any Sierra
or Inyo peak, once I sober up.  Well there are a couple of peaks I might have
some trouble with.  4th class.  Not to do alone.  Now, out in the Arizona
desert, I might be in more trouble.  But my wife and Katya and I handled
ourselves very well the last time.  Oh, yes.

When my first marriage was dissolving, there was this botanist woman, Suzy, who
took my ignorant ass to the Panamints and yelled "penstemon" at every fucking
flower, but of course they were all penstemons.  Her kids put a stop to it all
as they wanted her back with her previous lover.  She was 11 years older than I
but could sure kick my butt, even though I was running and cycling.  She drank a
6-pack a day so she wouldn't waste away.  What a metabolism.

jimbat

Mark wrote:

>I have a PDF file that will print off a UTM grid that works really well on
>7.5 min quads (use Mylar sheets in your printer).
>
>  
>
I don't get the point. Every one of my 7.5 topos already has a UTM grid 
printed on it.

Pete H

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