[Az-Geocaching] UTM coordinate system

Tim Giron tgiron at cox.net
Thu Feb 23 15:22:04 MST 2006


Oops... meant to send along a link for those that would like more info:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Transverse_Mercator_coordinate_system

Tim
TeamAZFastFeet

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Date: 2006/02/23 Thu PM 05:12:30 EST
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Subject: Re: [Az-Geocaching] Cache Clash

Universal Transverse Mercator

A standardized coordinate system based on the metric system and a division of the earth into sixty 6-degree-wide zones.

Over short distances it is way easier to do coordinate math in UTM, since it is reduced to planar vs. spherical geometry.

Not sure about the prevalence, but my GPSr can accept and display in this coordinate system.

Tim
Team AZFastFeet

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Date: 2006/02/23 Thu PM 05:09:17 EST
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Subject: Re: [Az-Geocaching] Cache Clash

OK, so for those of us boneheads that don't know what that means, could you tell us what UTM is?  I could Google it, but it's so much more fun to hear it from the "pros".

Crystal
HinkleHouse


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