Ordnance Survey National Grid (approximate)

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The Ordnance Survey National Grid (approximate) is a British mapping reference system that provides standardized grid-based location coordinates across Great Britain.

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Label Occurrences
Ordnance Survey National Grid (approximate) canonical 5

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geodetic coordinate system
map grid reference system
approximateEquivalent British National Grid
basedOnEllipsoid Airy 1830 ellipsoid
coordinateAxis easting
northing
coordinateFormat alphanumeric grid reference
eastings and northings
coordinateSystemType projected coordinate system
country Great Britain
covers Anglesey
Isle of Wight
Scottish islands
mainland Great Britain
datum OSGB36
excludes Channel Islands (crown dependencies)
surface form: Channel Islands

Isle of Man (crown dependency)
surface form: Isle of Man

Northern Ireland
gridSquareSize 1 km
1 m
10 km
10 m
100 km
100 m
hasAbbreviation OS National Grid
OSGB grid
hasFeature false origin southwest of Isles of Scilly
numeric eastings and northings within grid squares
two-letter 100 km grid square identifiers
hasUnit metre
implementedIn Ordnance Survey
surface form: Ordnance Survey digital mapping products

Ordnance Survey paper maps
managedBy Ordnance Survey
morePreciseThan traditional place-name referencing
operator Ordnance Survey
primaryUse land navigation
surveying
topographic mapping
projection Transverse Mercator projection
referenceMeridian Prime Meridian
surface form: Greenwich meridian
region United Kingdom
usedBy cartographers
emergency services
hikers
surveyors
usedIn England
Scotland
Wales

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Free School Lane, Cambridge hasCoordinateSystem Ordnance Survey National Grid (approximate)
Bridgewater Canal and Rochdale Canal junction coordinateSystem Ordnance Survey National Grid (approximate)
Blue Tower coordinateSystem Ordnance Survey National Grid (approximate)
Hunts Bank hasCoordinateSystem Ordnance Survey National Grid (approximate)
John Sinclair House coordinateSystem Ordnance Survey National Grid (approximate)