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Originally Posted by Fuzz

So I tried a very simple example, as when I need to do this, my usual workflow is to open mapping software with UTM zones and find out where I am, which takes a couple minutes. Asking ChatGPT would be quick. A UTM zone is a mapping grid, and you need to use the right one for the location you are in.

Spoiler!

OK, easy enough. Now for a trick question.

There is a serious error here, but I'll move on for now. The trick is that Calgary actually spans zone 11 and 12. The split is essentially at QE2 once it straightens out north of the city.


Well now it's repeated a previous mistake, but also confidently declared that zone 11 covers the entire city, which is not true.



Now it is in error, becuase Gleichen is entirely within zone 12. Now, back to that first serious error. UTM Zone 11 is actually 120-114W.



OK, so it gets the zone correct this time, but the zone spans 114-108W. It did get the zone of Saigon correct. I do wonder if the complications of Calgary confused it. But this just shows, on the first idea I could come up with, that it is not be blindly relied upon, and can confidently spit out incorrect answers.

Give it a month, maybe less, and it'll learn!