What is the universal transverse mecator system?
Answers:
Universal Transverse Mercator system (UTMs) is a coordinate system used in place of Latitude/Longitude by military services, especially the Army and the Marines. Instead of using absolute values with respect to the entire world (which require many decimal places to be accurate within several feet) UTMs are based on a lettered grid system of the world. Within each square of this grid is a 10x10 grid. These 10x10 grids continue to decrease in size to other 10x10 grids within them, so that you can very quickly specify a specific point on the ground. UTMs are most often used for small troop movements on a battlefield, as well as artillery and mortar strike coordinates.
The Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) coordinate system is a grid-based method of specifying locations on the surface of the Earth. It is used to identify locations on the earth, but differs from the traditional method of latitude and longitude in several respects. The UTM system is not a map projection, but rather employs a series of zones based on specifically defined Transverse Mercator projections.
Definition: The Universal Transverse Mercator is an international plane (rectangular) coordinate system developed by the U.S. Army. The UTM divides the world into 60 zones of 6 degrees longitude. Each zone extends 3 degrees east and west from its central meridian and are numbered consecutively west to east from the 180-degree meridian. Transverse Mercator projections may then be applied to each zone.
The answers post by the user, for information only, UKQnA.com does not guarantee the right.