UTM ist a projection zone system
covering most areas of the world through 60 6°-zones
between latitudes 80°S and 84°N. Only the pole zones are coverd by the UPS
Universal Polar
Stereographic projection) for whole
world mapping.
the projection method of each of
the 60 zones is the Transverse Mercator
projection with
secant coincidence.
A geocode used by the NATO to localize Positions worldwide based on a grid.
The Military Grid Reference System is based on the Universal Transverse Mercator mapping
system between latitudes 80°S and 84°N; in the polar regions it is based on the Universal Polar
Stereographic projection.
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