The Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) geographic coordinate system

You're here: MiBSAR's home page :: SAR operations land navigation resource index page :: UTM coordinate system page The Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) geographic coordinate system By Michael A. Neiger Marquette, Michigan © Copyright 2010 - 2022 Thanks in advance for reporting any errors, inaccuracies, or missing information in this book to the author. Top Introduction to the UTM coordinate system The Universal Transverse Mercator coordinate system — or UTM, as it's commonly referred — is a international locational reference system that depicts the Earth's three-dimensional surface in a relatively-accurate, two-dimensional manner. Global coverage of the Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) and Universal Polar Stereographic (UPS) coordinate systems. (Graphic by Michael A. Neiger) The UTM coordinate system allows users to accurately and unambiguously identify geographical locations anywhere on the Earth's surface between the northern limits of North America (defined as 84 ... Read full article.