Hugo Mills wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 09, 2007 at 01:34:16PM +0100, Adam Cripps wrote:
>> Do Ordnance survey grid references begin with SU? I'm not sure if the
>> etrex can do this - will check when I get home tonight, unless someone
>> gives the definitive guide before then.
>
> Some, down in this part of the world, do. The OS grid is based on a
> square 2500km on each side. That is subdivided into a 5x5 grid of
> 500km squares, labelled A-Z (omitting I). The whole of mainland
> Britain falls inside N, S and T(*). Each of those is further subdivided
> into a 5x5 grid of 100km squares, also labelled A-Z. All of Hampshire
> (barring a couple of coastal regions) falls in the SU 100km square,
> for example.
Thanks for that -- I'd always assumed that the N and S just referred to
North and South!
cheers
Chris
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Chris Dennis cgdennis@???
Fordingbridge, Hampshire, UK
