2 U.S. National Grid (USNG) – An OverviewU.S. National Grid (USNG) – An Overview Steve Swazee SharedGeo IowaGIC Conference April 8, 2015

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4 What’s the Problem? 3

Urban Street Grid Chaos

Try entering 23/24 ½ St. in GPS, Google, whatever!

3M Complex, Maplewood, MN 475 acres, 50 Buildings

3M Complex, Maplewood, MN One Address!

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Photo credit: USA Today Yarnell Hill Fire

13 What’s the Solution? 7

Is Latitude/Longitude the Answer? Degrees, Decimal Degrees (DD.DDDD°)…OR? (Google for Maytag: , ) Degrees, Minutes, Seconds (DD° MM’ SS”)….OR? (TNM for Maytag: 41 o 24’ ” N 92 o 55’ ” W) Degrees, Minutes, Decimal Minutes (DD°MM.mm’) (Steve appx. for Maytag: 41 o 24’ 10 N 92 o 55’ 12 W)

The Ole Standard

Original Recovery Grid 23

U.S. National Grid Recovery Grid

USNG in 1 Minute: U.S. portion of the Military Grid Reference System (MGRS) – worldwide coordinate system based on 10 Grid is always there - if you have a disaster you are going to need a grid Designed to be taught to an 8 th grader in 15 minutes Number of digits shown increases the accuracy – 4 is 1000 meter, 6 digits is 100 meter accuracy 8 digits – two digits less than a telephone number is 10 meter accuracy – 33’ within 62 miles FREE!

Selectable GPS Feature

Hand Held Apps

The Coordinate System that is Supposed to be Used During Land Based SAR

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Works with the Free Responder Maps that USGS has Already Created for the Entire Nation! USTopo

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25 How Does It Work? 12

Grid Zone Designation (6 x 8 Degrees) USNG format: 15T VK

100,000 Meter (100 KM) Squares USNG format: 15T VK VK

10,000 Meter Squares (10 KM - repeat about every 62 miles) USNG:15T VK 97 So USNG format: VK Can become: for response purposes!

30 Right, Then Up! 17

Lion loose at the West end of the Zoo, I need backup!!!!! Where???? (Officer looks at his GPS and says) RIGHT, THEN UP!

32 Where for More? 21

FGDC MnGeo EPC USNG page Delta State University Cats and dogs All in one place, upgraded, holes filled – ecommerce linked Consolidation of Resources/Outreach

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Assistance for You! One stop shop for the nation Grant writing Consulting Planning Mapbooks

USNG App

USNG Marker Maker

USNG Store

USNG Store

Just Remember:

42 Iowa Update 21

43 Iowa Homeland Security and Emergency Management Project A set of USNG statewide maps delivered as PDFs (10 KM) 1:24,000 A set of USNG mapbooks for 40 urban areas (1 KM) 1:6,000 Web based delivery system for both ELM’s Ad hoc following MN example Discussions needed on smaller and adhesive style marker

44 Final Thought (A Test) 25

45 Picture or Map? Option One

46 Picture or Map? Option Two

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