View Full Version : Help with setting GPS for UTM coordinates
Hookmaster
03-12-2002, 08:45 AM
I have some GPS coordinates that are in UTM. I want to put them in my GPS. I know the GPS can take them once you change from degrees/minutes/seconds to UTM. I tried once and the waypoints that are in northern Minnesota ended up in North Dakota, LOL! When setting the GPS for UTM it asks for setting some other parameters. I don't recall what the names of these are right now, but I'm sure people who have used UTM know what I am talking about. What are the correct values for these parameters for Minnesota.
Formerly John in MN
Hookmaster
03-12-2002, 11:40 AM
BTT
Fishoil
03-12-2002, 11:48 AM
Try this link:
http://www.jeeep.com/details/coord/
I'm guessing you have the UTM coordinates for the crappie cribs on Red lake. The extra numbers that you need for them is 15 U
I had to use Garmin's mapsource to convert that info to Lat/lon.
Your GPS has the conversion capabilities built right in.
Change the format on the GPS to nad-83 enter lat/long and then change
back to wgs-84. done.
Hookmaster
03-13-2002, 12:16 PM
This link worked great. Thanks Fishoil!
Formerly John in MN
Hookmaster
03-14-2002, 06:31 AM
The problem I was having is my GPS has 2 UTM formats. One is "UTM User Grid" and the other is "UTM UPS". I was trying to use the "UTM User Grid" which asks for input on 4 parameters, which I knew nothing about. The "UTM UPS" just needed the zone which is "15" and a "U" before the x-coordinate (latitude). These were provide by another post.
Formerly John in MN
lund 1
03-14-2002, 04:54 PM
what does the UTM stand for.
Fishoil
03-15-2002, 06:55 AM
Universal Transverse Mercator. Just don't ask me what it means. :-)