On Wed, 15 Oct 2003, John S. Ward in USMA:27187 wrote: > I wish the world had embraced decimal angles and the 1/100000 day second. > Then [...] the geographic coordinates and grids on maps would already be > tied to kilometers.
Well, in the USA some progress is being made on the latter part of your wish -- without having to resort to the former! It's just a matter of choosing the right grid... :) http://www.fgdc.gov/standards/status/usng.html Yes, the (metric-based) *United States National Grid* survived the 2.5-year approval process and became a federally endorsed standard -- FGDC-STD-001-2001 -- in December 2001. Related information at: http://www.xyproject.org (outdated as to status, but a good USNG intro) http://www.emergencymanagement.org (includes assorted USNG links) Bruce H.
