hey guys, it's me again
was wondering if I could get some help from those who may have some insight into the UTM mapping system. I recently ordered a set of topographic maps for the colorado mineral belt, and it came with a series of way points I need to plot in degrees/minutes/seconds. I thought this shouldn't be hard at all, because I used to teach LandNav in the service... but alas I now realize how much different UTM is compared to my old school method of using MGRS. I tried comprehending it, but it seems like a whole diffrent way to measure and plot way points on a map, instead of a simple grid system.
the only other way I can compare my frustration would be that whole Common Core nonsense with simple arithmetic. ugh.
anybody know of a UTM tutorial for dummies? I'm a little frustrated with myself, I guess mgrs landnav does not easily transfer over to this system. I can always buy mgrs topographic maps, and figure out how to convert degrees/minutes/seconds, but I'd like to learn how to use utm, just to build my knowledge base. thanks all!
WF. (or should I just now sign off as "WTF" haha)