Assertion: grid reference system | /r/HasProperty | mgrs
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text: Common map projections in current use include the Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM), the Military Grid Reference System (MGRS), the United States National Grid (USNG), the Global Area Reference System (GARS) and the World Geographic Reference System (GEOREF).
text: Latitude bands are not a part of UTM, but rather a part of the military grid reference system (MGRS).
text: Circa 1949, the US further refined UTM for ease of use (and combined it with the Universal Polar Stereographic system covering polar areas) to create the Military Grid Reference System (MGRS), which remains the geocoordinate standard used across the militaries of NATO counties.
text: The Military Grid Reference System (MGRS) is the geocoordinate standard used by NATO militaries for locating points on Earth.