OSGB grid

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OSGB grid is the British national mapping coordinate system used to precisely locate points on maps of Great Britain.

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OSGB grid canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf geodetic coordinate system ⓘ
national mapping grid ⓘ
alsoKnownAs British National Grid ⓘ
OS National Grid ⓘ
applicationDomain cartography ⓘ
geographic information systems ⓘ
navigation ⓘ
areaOfUse nearshore Great Britain ⓘ
onshore Great Britain ⓘ
authorityCode EPSG:27700 ⓘ
axisOrder Easting-Northing ⓘ
basedOnEllipsoid Airy 1830 ellipsoid ⓘ
centralMeridian 2 degrees west ⓘ
coordinateDimension 2D ⓘ
coordinateFormat alphanumeric grid references ⓘ
eastings and northings ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
covers England ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
Wales ⓘ
datum OSGB36 ⓘ
doesNotCover Northern Ireland ⓘ
falseEasting 400000 metres ⓘ
falseNorthing -100000 metres ⓘ
fullName Ordnance Survey National Grid ⓘ
gridSquareLabeling two-letter prefixes ⓘ
gridZoneDesignation 100 km grid squares ⓘ
hasTransformationTo WGS84 ⓘ
introducedBy Ordnance Survey ⓘ
latitudeOfOrigin 49 degrees north ⓘ
mapScaleCompatibility large-scale mapping ⓘ
operatedBy Ordnance Survey ⓘ
projection Transverse Mercator projection ⓘ
region British Isles ⓘ
replacedSystem Cassini grid ⓘ
status in use ⓘ
typicalPrecisionLevels 1 km ⓘ
1 m ⓘ
10 m ⓘ
100 m ⓘ
unit metre ⓘ
usedFor geospatial data referencing ⓘ
land surveying ⓘ
topographic mapping ⓘ
usedIn Great Britain ⓘ
usedWith Ordnance Survey maps ⓘ
linked to: Ordnance Survey

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Ordnance Survey National Grid → hasAbbreviation → OSGB grid ⓘ