8-Digit Grid Coordinate Military Protractor

[@GenXMafia]

Hi, I’m a former Army MP from back in the late 80’s. Can’t begin to tell you how much I struggled with this in basic training. I was wanting to relive it just incase the SHTF. Where can I get the maps I need? I got one of the area I live in from the USGS but it was not the same. It was similar but the grids were larger than the ones we used to use in the military. Thanks!

[@brettpayne9548]

Hello! I found a pdf version of the map I wanted online. I talked to a local blueprinting office and they printed it for me. I wasn’t sure if it would be to scale but it worked out perfectly!

[@rpor984]

Hello @brettpayne9548, which type of maps is it ?

[@JohnDiaz-md2rg]

Thank you!

[@elliot_08]

What do you do with that last number? is that like the coordinates?

[@brettpayne9548]

Which last number are you referring to?

[@elliot_08]

@@brettpayne9548 All of them, when he puts them all together at the end, what is that specific number pattern for?

[@elliot_08]

​@@brettpayne9548The grid coordinate you called it, what do, I do with it?

[@brettpayne9548]

The full number at the end is the 8 digit grid coordinate. If you have the right map it helps you find where you are, where something else is, and the basis for navigating in the real world.

[@elliot_08]

@@brettpayne9548 yes I know that, but like, how does the number help? What do I actually do with the number, it can't help by just existing.