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US National Grid and SAR Mapping Standards

SAR Mapping 

The standard for Land Search geographic postition referencing is USNG.  The standard Map Datum for all SAR is WGS84.

All SAR responders in NC should be familiar with conversion to latitude and longitude in the DD MM.mmmm format for working with aviation assets.

Link to NC USNG .pdf

 

 

 

« this page last modified 05/28/08 »


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