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GPS navigation device or app that allows entry of UTM coordinates?

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I would like to start being a little more active by getting outdoors more. My state offers a "water guzzler" program that puts water in remote locations for wildlife. They also publish a large atlas that has all the guzzlers because they can make for great locations to observe wildlife. However, the atlas publishes all coordinates in UTM coordinate format.

Finding these guzzlers is similar to geocaching. But I have yet to find an app or device that can handle entry in UTM. I can find devices that will show me UTM coordinates but I want to be able to input UTM and have the device/app show me the location on the map.

Are there any devices/apps that have UTM as an entry option? I'm OK with someone pointing me to an app, but I think I would prefer a dedicated device instead.

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There are many devices that will let you enter in UTM and LatLong coordinates interchangeably. be sure to bring a waterproof map with you too though.

http://www.rei.com/product/869473/garmin-gpsmap-64-gps

http://www.magellangps.com/Store/eXploristSeries/eXplorist-510

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On mobile devices, the Gaia GPS app allows creating a waypoint using whichever format is currently selected (which includes UTM).

From your computer, you can enter UTM coordinates into CalTopo; this is convenient if you are printing out paper maps. (It also has some ability to annotate maps and save them to KMZ/KML files for use with Google Earth or your GPS.)

Additionally, Google Earth accepts UTM coordinates. However, you must ensure they are correctly formatted (e.g. "10N 548936 5274344").

As hillsons mentions there should be plenty of devices that allow this; I can confirm the Garmin 62s model allows this and would be rather surprised if the other models don't.

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