Ordnance Survey National Grid
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The Ordnance Survey National Grid is the standard geographic coordinate system used in Great Britain for mapping and referencing locations with high precision.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ordnance Survey National Grid canonical | 28 |
| OSGB36 | 1 |
| Ordnance Survey National Grid (UK) | 1 |
| Ordnance Survey National Grid (for operations) | 1 |
| Ordnance Survey grid references | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
geographic coordinate system
ⓘ
map grid ⓘ |
| adoptedBy | UK government mapping agencies ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
British National Grid
ⓘ
OS National Grid ⓘ |
| authority | Ordnance Survey ⓘ |
| coordinateDimension | 2D ⓘ |
| coordinateFormat |
alphanumeric grid reference
ⓘ
eastings and northings ⓘ |
| country | Great Britain ⓘ |
| covers |
Great Britain
ⓘ
surface form:
Great Britain mainland
offshore islands of Great Britain ⓘ |
| datum | OSGB36 ⓘ |
| ellipsoid |
Airy 1830 ellipsoid
ⓘ
surface form:
Airy 1830
|
| gridSquareSize |
1 km
ⓘ
1 m ⓘ 10 km ⓘ 10 m ⓘ 100 km ⓘ 100 m ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
eastings
ⓘ
grid squares ⓘ grid zones ⓘ northings ⓘ |
| hasTransformationTo | WGS84 ⓘ |
| notUsedIn |
Northern Ireland
ⓘ
Republic of Ireland ⓘ |
| operator | Ordnance Survey ⓘ |
| precision | high precision ⓘ |
| projection | Transverse Mercator ⓘ |
| purpose |
land surveying
ⓘ
location referencing ⓘ topographic mapping ⓘ |
| referenceMeridian |
Prime Meridian
ⓘ
surface form:
Greenwich meridian
|
| region | British Isles ⓘ |
| relatedTo | WGS84 ⓘ |
| scaleOptimizedFor | large-scale mapping ⓘ |
| standardFor |
Ordnance Survey
ⓘ
surface form:
Ordnance Survey maps
|
| usedFor |
emergency services location referencing
ⓘ
environmental monitoring ⓘ hiking and outdoor recreation ⓘ infrastructure planning ⓘ navigation on OS maps ⓘ |
| usedIn |
England
ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ Wales ⓘ |
| usesEastingsNorthings | true ⓘ |
| usesGridLetters | true ⓘ |
Referenced by (32)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
OSGB36
this entity surface form:
Ordnance Survey grid references
this entity surface form:
Ordnance Survey National Grid (UK)
this entity surface form:
Ordnance Survey National Grid (for operations)