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The '''Military Grid Reference System''' is the geographic standard used by the [[United States]] [[Armed Forces]] and [[NATO]] for locating any point on the earth with a 2 to 10 character [[geocode]]. A two digit code implies a precision of 10km and a ten digit code corresponds to a 1m precision with intermediate steps of 1km, 100m, and 10m. It is always displayed in an even number of characters preceded by an alpha-numeric code describing the larger Earth area to which it belongs.