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MapTools Improved Military Style MGRS/UTM Coordinate Grid Reader, and Protractor
This tool is used for plotting and reading UTM, MGRS, or USNG grid coordinates from topographic maps. It is an improved version of the Graphic Training Aid 5-2-12 Coordinate Scale and Protractor used by United States and NATO military forces around t...
I've used the military version for decades, this improvement is nice.
Best map protractor I have used (I've used several different kinds)
Even though we are issued protractors in the military for Land Nav I purchased this one as I found it much more accurate when plotting using 1:50,000 scale
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This protractor is a great improvement and will help improve your map marking accuracy over the older style protractors, and the rounded edges are a plus
This is a great improvement over the standard military type protractor, namely the additional map scales and the pre-drilled hole in the center
I've used the military version for decades, this improvement is nice.
The protractor works well but could use some improvement
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Even though we are issued protractors in the military for Land Nav I purchased this one as I found it much more accurate when plotting using 1:50,000 scale
I like that it had the most common scales to use with maps.
All I've needed so far is 1/24,000 scale, bu the 1/25,000 and 1/50,000 (military scale) sometimes makes planning a bit confusing.
This makes jumping between map scales ridiculously easy
So nice to have 1:24,000 scale to read civilian maps, and the other scales to read military.
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This tool is used for plotting and reading UTM, MGRS, or USNG grid coordinates from topographic maps
It is an improved version of the Graphic Training Aid 5-2-12 Coordinate Scale and Protractor used by United States and NATO military forces around the world
This coordinate scale offers significant benefits over the standard issue GTA 5-2-12
- By using a slot on one side of the tool for access to the map, the tool can be more compact than the traditional GTA tool
- The tool features several additional map scales, including 1:24,000, which is the most common topographic map scale found within the United States
- The 1:100,000 scale now spans 5km grid lines, making it much more usable
- Plus, the overall dimensions of the tool have been reduced so that it is the size of a music CD, easily fitting into a pocket or any slot where you could store a CD
- Rounded corners keep it from wearing holes in your pockets
- The inner protractor is marked in degrees and the outer protractor is in mils
- Bands of white ink are printed under the two compass roses to make reading the compass rose easier and to keep the tool from "disappearing" when you place it on the map
The tool is printed on 30 mil plastic stock with a protective coating
It is about the thickness and stiffness of a credit card
It's 33% thicker than the standard military issue version, so it's less likely to be bent or broken when you need to use it
See the photo of the tool bent almost in half with no issues
Scales x Grid Size: 1:24,000 x 1km 1:25,000 x 1km/1:250,000 x 10km 1:50,000 x 2km/1:500,000 x 20km 1:10,000 x 500m/1:100,000 x 5km (Size 4.5" x 4.5")
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