On Sat, 15 Dec 2007 22:01:04 +0000, Ian Goddard <goddai01@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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declaimed the following in soc.genealogy.computing:
> Doesn't the US have anything equivalent to the UK's OS grid references?
Topo 7.5' maps from the USGS tend to be UTM, possibly with Lat/Long
markings too. Military uses MGRS, which is a form of UTM. Amateur radio
uses Maidenhead as I recall, but that notation typically stops at the
third refinement level, which covers something that could be 10x20
miles.
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