About USNG

The articles and papers below provide general information about the U.S. National Grid (USNG) and its use.

Overview Items:

• FGDC’s USNG Executive Summary (1 p., 21K, PDF)
• Florida to Adopt the United States National Grid (USNG), Florida State Fire Marshall, 2005
• Introducing the United States National Grid, Mike Price, Esri ArcUser Summer 2005 (2 p., 337K, PDF)
• New Kind of Map Could Help Emergency Response, National Public Radio piece, March 4, 2006
• The United States National Grid, (USNG Article 1 of 2), Tom Terry, FGDC, October 2004 (5 p., 1.8 MB, PDF)
• Where Is It? (USNG Article 2 of 2), Tom Terry, FGDC, November 2004 (3 p., 672K, PDF)
• Which Way to National Grid? Jessica Sperlongano, April 6, 2006. Article on lessons from Hurricane Katrina (2 p., 627K, PDF)

 

Some Articles:

• A Skier Lost in Minnesota’s Arrowhead Looks Up and Sees This: Hope, Sue Casement, 3M Newsroom, January 18, 2016
• Configuring Hardware for the United States National Grid, Al Studt, Scott Chappell and Bruce Scott, Florida Fire Service, December 2012
• Dakota County Leads Minnesota in Embracing New U.S. National Grid System, Frederick Melo, Pioneer Press, May 5, 2009
• Dubai to Use MGRS Coordinates as Addresses, EPC Updates, December 12, 2012
• Garmin Greatly Expands the Number of Units With USNG Capability, EPC Updates, November 8, 2011
• Implementing the U.S. National Grid in Minnesota, Randy Knippel, MN GIS/LIS Newsletter, Spring 2009
• Local Firefighter Urges County to Adopt National Grid System, Keith Taylor and Cindi Courbat, Florida Today, June 2, 2013 (paid archive)
• LOGIS GIS Produces Standard USNG Map Books for Member Cities, Ben Verbick, MN GIS/LIS Newsletter, Fall 2010

• Lost in a Dakota County park? Help is on the way, thanks to new signs, Erin Adler, Star Tribune, April 9, 2016

• Minnesota Marker Signs Might Look Funny – Until You’re Lost and Need One, Julio Ojeda-Zapata, Pioneer Press, May 13, 2013

• The Great Mapping Debate, Bob Fenton, FEMA Blog, February 10, 2011
• The USNG: It’s Time to Stop Adopting and Start Implementing, Al Studt and Bruce Scott, Florida Fire Service, October 2012
• Use of the US National Grid in Georgia Search and Rescue,  Jim Greenway, Mountainpathfinder, March 29, 2009