Info Sheets
Flyer type info sheets designed to help create basic understanding of the USNG.
- FGDC info sheets
- Sheet 1: Read right then up (1 p., 164K, PDF)
- Sheet 2: World wide context (1 p., 196K, PDF)
- Sheet 3: Reading USNG Coordinates: Using a coordinate scale (1 p., 188K, PDF)
- Sheet 4: The US National Grid (USNG): A Simple and Powerful Geospatial Tool (1 p., 77K, PDF)
- Sheets 4 and 1: (2 p., 235K, PDF)
- Instructions for Using Info Sheets to Teach USNG Basics (1 p., 28K, Word doc)
Presentation Materials
Ready-to-use slide decks for teaching USNG basics to groups
- USNG Backgrounder – Version 1, Tom Terry (59 slides, 4.3 MB, PDF). Technical reasons why USNG is the best way to standardize location based communications.
- USNG Backgrounder – Version 2, Tom Terry (72 slides, 5.4 MB, PPT). Additional slides and different format of the “USNG Backgrounder”.
- USNG for Beginners – Part 1, Steve Swazee (37 slides, 30.7 MB, PPT). Basics of USNG coordinates and how to use based on examples taken from a 1KM, 1:24,000 “ride along” map book. Also includes information about the various ways in which USNG is being implemented nationwide.
- USNG for Beginners – Part 2, Steve Swazee (11 slides, 6.4 MB, PPT). Covers basics of using a USNG coordinate with a USGS topographic map.
- USNG Grid Zone Junction Presentation, Tom Terry (11 slides, 2.2MB, PDF). Overview and examples of how a grid zone junction works.
- USNG in Florida, Richard Butgereit (34 slides, 3.0 MB, PPT). Good basic overview about USNG and implementation efforts in Florida.
Standards and Directives
Official USNG standards and directives are maintained by the U.S. National Grid Institute to ensure currency across agencies and jurisdictions.
Training Maps and Exercises
Practice maps and coordinate exercises for hands-on training
- Gulf training map (2 p., 3.2 MB, PDF)
- How to Read and Use USNG Coordinates, Tom Terry (33 slides, 28.7 MB, PPT). Quick USNG overview and then 10 example slides of how to read a USNG coordinate on a USGS topographic map. Also included are 4 grid zone junction examples and 4 spares. Designed to be used with the USNG Gulf training map, this section.
- USNG Practice Map – National Emergency Training Center (NETC) (2 p., 830K, PDF)
- Washington, DC demo map (1 p., 487K, PDF)
- Washington, DC practice points (1 p., 8K, PDF)