Re: [Paddlewise] More Re: UTM

From: Joe Pylka <pylka_at_castle.net>
Date: Thu, 8 Apr 1999 13:46:24 -0400
From: Bob

>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.

        Most (all) of my paddling is in freshwater or saltmarsh type stuff.
I've come to use the UTM system routinely over the past few years.  I hadn't
realized that the NOAA charts didn't show this.   Fortunately, there are
USGS topos covering the areas I'm most interested in.


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