How to Convert to the National Grid

The United Kingdom uses an Ordinance Survey to help tourists and other travelers locate various places. An Ordinance Survey is used instead of traditional latitude and longitude coordinates because the United Kingdom is intersected by the two degree longitude line. This means that half of the country has a positive cartological value, while the other half is negative. This can lead to confusion for travelers and result in them not only winding up in the wrong place, but on the wrong half of the country.

Instructions

    • 1

      Go to Movable Type, located in the Resource section listed below. Here you will find a Java program that will do the conversion for you. Simply enter in the desired latitude or longitude, and the program will convert that to a point on the national grid. Reverse the process to convert a point on the ordinance survey to a longitude and latitude point.

    • 2

      Head to FieldenMaps, also located in the Resource section. This website offers several different conversion options. The one you want to use is at the top left. Enter in the coordinates, press "Convert" and the program will convert that into Ordinance Survey coordinates. As of February 2011, the program is free to use.

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      Download one of the mapping programs located at MDFS, in the Resource section. In particular you want to download the NGRCalc (National Grid Calculator). The program is small and free to use. Simply enter in the coordinates you want to convert, press "Enter," and the program will spit out the resulting national grid coordinates.

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