Re: NS numbers

In article <du1q5h$b01$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, John Smith <munro@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes

"Peter Clinch" <p.j.clinch@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:du1l7o$b50$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
chandy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

New to this. Can anyone tell me what an NS number is and how I can
translate it to a geographical reference? e.g., NS 374613

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_national_grid_reference_system

The "NS" is a 100 km square in the grid, within which you will have grid
eastings and northings to give your grid reference.

Thats OK but what does NS mean? Or for that matter NT! There must be a way
to translate these 100K Sq to an area surely;-)

JS

Here are the metre eastings and northings for the bottom left of each 100km square.

Sq Easting Northing
HL 0 1200000
HM 100000 1200000
HN 200000 1200000
HO 300000 1200000
HP 400000 1200000
HQ 0 1100000
HR 100000 1100000
HS 200000 1100000
HT 300000 1100000
HU 400000 1100000
HV 0 1000000
HW 100000 1000000
HX 200000 1000000
HY 300000 1000000
HZ 400000 1000000
NA 0 900000
NB 100000 900000
NC 200000 900000
ND 300000 900000
NE 400000 900000
NF 0 800000
NG 100000 800000
NH 200000 800000
NJ 300000 800000
NK 400000 800000
NL 0 700000
NM 100000 700000
NN 200000 700000
NO 300000 700000
NP 400000 700000
NQ 0 600000
NR 100000 600000
NS 200000 600000
NT 300000 600000
NU 400000 600000
NV 0 500000
NW 100000 500000
NX 200000 500000
NY 300000 500000
NZ 400000 500000
OV 500000 500000
SA 0 400000
SB 100000 400000
SC 200000 400000
SD 300000 400000
SE 400000 400000
SF 0 300000
SG 100000 300000
SH 200000 300000
SJ 300000 300000
SK 400000 300000
SL 0 200000
SM 100000 200000
SN 200000 200000
SO 300000 200000
SP 400000 200000
SQ 0 100000
SR 100000 100000
SS 200000 100000
ST 300000 100000
SU 400000 100000
SV 0 0
SW 100000 0
SX 200000 0
SY 300000 0
SZ 400000 0
TA 500000 400000
TF 500000 300000
TG 600000 300000
TL 500000 200000
TM 600000 200000
TQ 500000 100000
TR 600000 100000
TV 500000 0
TW 600000 0

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Dominic Sexton
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