Haven't registered yet? The North American Association of Summer Sessions (NAASS) is an association of deans, directors and administrators of college and university summer programs located throughout the United States, Canada, and Mexico.
UTM zones are numbered 1 through 60, starting at the international date line, longitude 180Â°, and proceeding east. Zone 1 extends from 180Â° W to 174Â° W and is centered on 177Â° W. Each zone is divided into horizontal bands spanning 8 degrees of latitude.
U.S.G.S. Definition. Universal Transverse Mercator Grid System (UTM) The Universal Transverse Mercator Grid System (UTM) provides rectangular coordinates that may be used to indicate locations of points on the surface of the Earth. UTM involves linear measurements, and the unit of measure is the meter. A point is located by specifying a hemispheric indicator, a zone number, an easting value, and a northing value. UTM is designed for world use between 80 degrees south latitude and 84 degrees north latitude.