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Four good reasons to have a UTM grid on your map

John Godino

Here's a few good reasons why it's helpful to have a map with a printed UTM grid.

  1. Plot a UTM coordinate onto your map

  2. Determine UTM coordinates of any point on the map

  3. Quickly estimate distance in kilometers between points

  4. Provides north / south grid lines to more accurately measure a bearing from your map

Print free maps with UTM grid lines with the great mapping software CalTopo.

Here’s an example of a CalTopo map (MapBuilder Topo layer) with a UTM grid overlay:

Learn how to use the CalTopo from this YouTube video.