On Thu, 7 Dec 2000, Dennis Brownridge in USMA:9609 wrote:
> We can be very happy, however, that for large-scale, short range
> navigation, the kilometer grid of the rectangular UTM coordinate
> system is far easier to use than miles (statute or nautical),
> minutes, feet, yards, or any other units. And UTM and GPS receivers
> are definitely encouraging ordinary red-blooded Americans who travel
> in the boondocks (hunters and wilderness enthusiasts and such) to
> think in meters and kilometers.
Amen! And if a group called "The Public X-Y Mapping Project" has its
way, that thinking (in meters and kilometers) could grow beyond the
"boondocks" to Americans in urban settings and everywhere else. That
group advocates even greater adoption of UTM (MGRS) as the all-purpose
grid for civil spatial addressing in the US. I mumbled something
about this last year; they now have a Web site up, which may be of
interest to some on this list...
http://www.xyproject.org
Cheers,
Bruce H.
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