Knowledge check
Eight questions on UTM & MGRS
Each answer comes with a short explanation, so a wrong guess still teaches the point.
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01
How many UTM zones are there?
02
How many degrees of longitude wide is a standard UTM zone?
03
What does UTM measure coordinates in?
04
What is the difference between UTM and MGRS?
05
How large is one MGRS 100 km square?
06
Which direction do Eastings increase?
07
Which direction do Northings increase?
08
What does a six-digit grid reference represent?
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