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About our walks |
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How do you use OS grid references? (continued) - To find the first part of the reference - 06.9 in our example - we look along the bottom margin of the map until we come to the vertical grid line numbered 06, and then we keep going until we've gone nine-tenths of the way towards grid line 07. We are have now found 06.9. - Next, we want to combine 06.9 with the second part of the reference, which was 86.7 in our example. To do this, from the point we've just found at the bottom of the map, we go vertically up the map until we meet the horizontal grid line numbered 86, and then we keep on going up until we're seven-tenths of the way towards grid line 87. We have now found the spot (06.9, 86.7) or 069867, that we were looking for. If you have an OS map of Birmingham, try this out and you will find that 069867 is smack in the middle of New Street Station. |
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NB. Grid references may be prefixed by two letters, eg SQ. These refer to major grid squares and provided you have the right map there is no need to worry about them. |
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