Recording wildlife locations with the Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) grid system

Teryl G. Grubb; W. L. Eakle

doi:10.2737/RM-RN-483

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Recording wildlife locations with the Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) grid system

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Authors:

Teryl G. Grubb, W. L. Eakle

Year:

1988

Type:

Research Note

Station:

Rocky Mountain Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2737/RM-RN-483

Source:

Res. Note RM-483. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station. 3 p.

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Abstract

The Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) international, planar, grid system is described and shown to offer greater simplicity, efficiency and accuracy for plotting wildlife locations than the more familiar Latitude-Longitude (Latilong) and Section-Township-Range (Cadastral) systems, and the State planar system. Use of the UTM system is explained with examples.

Keywords

Universal Transverse Mercator system, grid system, plotting, mapping, wildlife locations

Citation

Grubb, T. G.; Eakle, W. L. 1988. Recording wildlife locations with the Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) grid system. Res. Note RM-483. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station. 3 p.