MGRS to Lat/Long

On Fri, 5 May 2006 05:44:01 -0500, balderdash
<balderdash.27bywy_1146825901.4476@excelforum-nospam.com> wrote:

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>Does anyone know a formula to convert military grid reference system to
>decimal degrees?

What is the basis and datum for the mlitary grid?

e.g. if in the UK is the military grid the same as the standard
Ordnance Survey grid?

Rgds


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Richard Buttrey
Grappenhall, Cheshire, UK
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MGRS is based on UTM. More info at these links.
http://www.edu-observatory.org/maps/utm.html
http://www.fmnh.helsinki.fi/english/...fe/map/utm.htm