Military Grid Reference System
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military-grid-reference-system-273-5977936
title:
Military Grid Reference System
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The Military Grid Reference System (MGRS) is the geocoordinate standard used by NATO militaries for locating points on Earth. The MGRS is derived from the Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) grid system and the Universal Polar Stereographic (UPS) grid system, but uses a different labeling convention. The MGRS is used as geocode for the entire Earth. An example of an MGRS coordinate, or grid reference, would be 4QFJ12345678, which consists of three parts: 4Q
FJ
1234 5678 An MGRS grid reference is
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NATO global coordinate reference system
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_Grid_Reference_System
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2024-02-13T06:55:28Z
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