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FIGURE 4.1
The Universal Transverse Mercator grid system, shown as if all maps were laid together like an unfolded globe

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William Rankin
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FIGURE 4.2
Use of the Universal Transverse Mercator grid (and its Soviet counterpart) by the end of the Cold War
William Rankin
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FIGURES 4.3 AND 4.4
British and American grids during World War II
from US Army Map Service Memorandum No. 425, Grids and Magnetic Declinations, 2nd ed. (Washington DC, 1943); shading added
Public Domain: US government


 
FIGURE 4.5
The first two reference levels of the US Air Defense Grid
from War Department Technical Manual TM 44-225, Orientation for Artillery (Washington DC, 1944); shading added
Public Domain: US government


 
FIGURE 4.6
The most precise references on the US Air Defense Grid
from War Department Technical Manual TM 44-225, Orientation for Artillery (Washington DC, 1944); shading added
Public Domain: US government


 
FIGURE 4.7
The US Joint Army–Navy reference system, applied to individual map sheets
from War Department Technical Manual TM 44-225, Orientation for Artillery (Washington DC, 1944); shading added
Public Domain: US government


 
FIGURE 4.8
Expansion of the US Joint Army–Navy system to adjacent sheets (original map is square M)
from War Department Technical Manual TM 44-225, Orientation for Artillery (Washington DC, 1944); shading added
Public Domain: US government


 
FIGURE 4.9
Top-level “Grid Zone Designations” for the Universal Transverse Mercator grid
from US Army Map Service Technical Manual No. 36, Grids and Grid References (Washington DC, 1950)
Public Domain: US government


 
FIGURE 4.10
Grid Zones subdivided into 100-kilometer squares
from US Army Map Service Technical Manual No. 36, Grids and Grid References (Washington DC, 1950)
Public Domain: US government


 


FIGURE 4.11
Areas of the Universal Transverse Mercator grid with high errors (in dark gray) for Europe and Southeast Asia

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William Rankin
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FIGURE 4.12
Ellipsoids used for the Universal Transverse Mercator grid
from US Army Map Service Technical Manual No. 7, Universal Transverse Mercator Grid Tables (Washington DC, 1949?)
Public Domain: US government


 
FIGURE 4.13
The US Army Map Service's scheme for recalculating the European triangulation, 1947
from Floyd Hough, “The Readjustment of European Triangulation,” Transactions, American Geophysical Union 28 (Feb 1947), 63
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FIGURE 4.14
High-precision survey data used by the US Army Map Service to recalculate the size and shape of the earth in 1956
Bulletin géodésique
Copyright 1959


 
FIGURE 4.15
Mismatches between North-American and European values for the size and shape of the earth
William Rankin, after Irene Fischer
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