Military Grid Reference System
NATO global coordinate reference system
Military Grid Reference System
The Military Grid Reference System (MGRS) is the geocoordinate standard used by NATO militaries for geo-referencing, position reporting, and situational awareness during land operations. An MGRS coordinate does not represent a single point, but rather identifies a square area (which can be as small as 1 m x 1 m) on the Earth's surface. The MGRS is derived from the Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) and Universal Polar Stereographic (UPS) grid systems and is used as a geocode system for the entire Earth. An example of an MGRS coordinate, or grid reference, is 4Q FJ 1234 6789, which consists of three parts: 4Q (grid zone designator, GZD) FJ (the 100,000-meter square identifier) 1234 6789 (numerical location; easting is 1234 and northing is 6789, in this case specifying a location with 10 m resolution) For machine-readability and database storage, all spaces may be removed. An MGRS coordinate references a square or polygon on the Earth with a side length of 10 km, 1 km, 100 m, 10 m or 1...
Read on Wikipedia · Image cmglee, STyx, Wikialine and Goran tek-en, CC BY-SA 4.0
Open boosters, collect cards and trade them. Free to play.
Play for free