United States National Grid
- US National Grid Executive Summary
and Information Paper (0.8Mb)
Note: When printing, set "Page Scaling" to "Fit to printer margins" - Download a copy of the US National Grid standard (FGDC-STD-011-2001) (1Mb)
- Catastrophic
Incident Search and Rescue Addendum to the National Search and Rescue
Manual, Version 1.1 of Aug 2008, see Geo-referencing, pp 64 – 71.
(2.7Mb)
- Learn how to read a USNG coordinate or geoaddress. You can also download a USNG grid reader (155Kb), training map (1.8Mb), and instruction handouts for maps and grid reader for your own practice or teaching a group. Ensure as you prepare to print, under "Page Handling", "Page Scaling" is set to "None."
- Delta State University's Center for
Interdisciplinary Geospatial Information Technology USNG
efforts.
- A Local Map National Depository (LMDP) is being organized for locally produced street atlases designed around the USNG and 8.5x11 inch paper. These are available through the USGS Emergency Operations portal. Anyone can download these and print them on widely available printers. The entire atlas can be printed or just the front index page and selected map pages.
- USGS topographic map and downloader portal
- US National Grid
reference map over the US. (1.93Mb)
Related information
- Articles and Reports with information on the US National Grid
- General Information and
Resources
- USNG Implementations and Pilot Projects
For more information or questions regarding USNG, you can contact us.