Well said Una.
In Maryland and Virginia UTM is standard used by most Incident
Commanders on the majority of searches. Our team has also found UTM
utilized for incidents in Delaware, eastern West Virginia, and southwest
Pennsylvania. In my opinion, the primary advantage with using UTM is
using two sets of 4 digit numbers to call you location, plus the grid
readers are easy to use and carry. Although all SAR teams need to be
familiar with all regionally used coordinate systems.
T'mi
Maryland
Una Smith wrote:
With a GPS, in my experience the choice of coordinate system is a_______________________________________________
non-issue.
The TOP issue is what do SAR managers in your region prefer to use?
The NEXT issue is what coordinate systems are marked on maps used
by your team and by SAR management?
I used to record all my field coordinates in lat/long, but here in
New Mexico the SAR community prefers UTM. For SAR UTM has one big
advantage: all UTM grid squares are 1km on a side, which makes for
very easy arithmetic to figure the distance between two locations
within a UTM zone.
Una Smith
New Mexico
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