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Does anyone know a formula to convert military grid reference system to
decimal degrees?


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See if this page helps http://www.cpearson.com/excel/latlong.htm

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Does anyone know a formula to convert military grid reference system to
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On Fri, 5 May 2006 05:44:01 -0500, balderdash
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Does anyone know a formula to convert military grid reference system to
decimal degrees?


What is the basis and datum for the mlitary grid?

e.g. if in the UK is the military grid the same as the standard
Ordnance Survey grid?

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MGRS is based on UTM. More info at these links.
http://www.edu-observatory.org/maps/utm.html
http://www.fmnh.helsinki.fi/english/...fe/map/utm.htm


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