SAR Fundamentals/Navigation/Map/UTM
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Subject
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Identifying location using UTM on a map.
Authors
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Brett Wuth
Scope
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This lesson is an introduction to Navigation for SAR Fundamentals students. It is part of a larger 8 hour series of lessons.
- SAR Fundamentals Manual: Ch.13 "Navigation"
- Basic SAR Skills Manual: Ch.7 "Navigation"
Objectives
At the conclusion of this lesson the participants:
- will be able to ...
Time Plan
Total Time: 30 minutes
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Aids
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- 82G/8 and 82H/5 for each pair of students
- plenty of table space
- overhead projector
- screen
- slides of topo maps
- a compass for each pair of students
- pencil for each student
- map quality eraser for each pair
- Sample Points
- Ralph Eckman 2013-01
- 2013-02 SAR Fundamentals navigation Jorgensen hand-out
- Image:Members:Nav UTM Cj2013.pdf
- 2011 Jorgensen UTM Referencing Presentation (download/print: .pdf; edit: .odp)
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Frequently Asked Questions
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Q: Where are the meridians for zones 11U and 12U?
A: Each UTM zone is 6 degrees wide.
- The boundary between Zone 11 and Zone 12 is at 114 deg W, which is just west of Pincher Creek.
- The West boundary of Zone 11 is at 120 deg W, which is halfway between Osooysis and Princeton.
- The Central Meridian of Zone 11 is at 117 deg W, which is between Creston and Salmo.
- The East boundary of Zone 12 is at 108 deg W, which is just west of Swift Current.
- The Central Meridian of Zone 12 is at 111 deg W, which is between Bow Island and Medicine Hat
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Transverse_Mercator_coordinate_system#UTM_zone
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