RE: [Paddlewise] More Re: UTM

I've sent Joe a .jpg with the markings on a Florida chart.  As for the
marine charts, After a visit to West Marine (less then a mile from my
office) I didn't discover any UTM markings on marine charts..probably
because they are designed for boats moving faster and longer distances and
don't require the ease of accuracy that UTM provides.

cu

		-----Original Message-----
		From:	owner-paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net
[mailto:owner-paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net] On Behalf Of Joe Pylka
		Sent:	Thursday, April 08, 1999 11:23 AM
		To:	rdiaz_at_ix.netcom.com; 'Paddlewise'
		Subject:	Re: [Paddlewise] More Re: UTM

		>Oh I forgot, USGS topo maps definitely show the hash marks
for UTM.
		>They are faint blue lines in the margins.  I don't recall
if marine
		>charts do and no use pulling one out as I cut off all
marginal notes to
		>reduce their size.

		    I just checked one for Little Egg Harbor, cover
published 1994 1:40,000
		scale.  No UTM grid markers.  Has the NJ Plane Coordinate
Grid at 10,000
		foot intervals.  All scale references are in feet, miles and
nm.  NO metric
		scales at all.  There are two scales for lat/lon conversion
which you'd
		probably have to use dividers with....
		    I also looked at the Magellan GPS Topo-Guide I have.  It
has transparent
		grids for 1:24k, 1:25K & 1:63K for the usual land-based topo
sheets.
		Nothing for 1:40K
		    So I guess, after all the foofarraw, that UTM isn't the
best choice for
		seagoing kayakers.......



	
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