Re: UK grid location / GPS positioning

Thank you very much for your explanation. I found the setting in my GPS.

"Alan White" <alan.lesley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 9 Jan 2006 18:57:02 -0000, "ah" <anonewsgr@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>How can I relate the indication found on UK OS maps with my positioning on
>>GPS.
>
> You need the datum set to "Ord Srvy GB" and the format set to "British
> Grid".
>
> Your position will be shown as:-
>
> AA eeeee
> BNG nnnnn
>
> Where AA is the alpha code for the 100km grid square in which your
> location lies and eeeee and nnnnn are the eastings and northings from
> the south west corner of that square in metres.
>
> BNG means British National Grid.
>
> To get the more usual six-figure reference, take the first three
> eastings followed by the first three northings. This defines the south
> west corner of the 100 metre square in which you're positioned.
>
> All this is explained in the conventional signs box on your OS map.
>
> --
> Alan White
> Twenty-eight miles NW of Glasgow, overlooking Loch Goil and Loch Long in
> Argyll, Scotland.
> Web cam and weather:-
> http://www.windycroft.gt-britain.co.uk/weather/kabcam.htm
> Some walks and treks:- http://www.windycroft.gt-britain.co.uk/walks/


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