Co-ordinates used in nearby.org.uk
Jump to: National Grid
Reference | Irish Grid Refence |
Postcode | Placename |
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Lat/Long | Easting and
Northings | Phone Dialing Code |
Map Tile Reference |
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US Zip | NAC or Univeral
Address | IARU Locator | UTM |
Approx |
You can also use the Coordinate Entry Forms page to help enter a coordinate.
OSGB - National Grid Reference - NGR (eg TQ435646) BackToTop
Sometimes called Landranger Grid or LR Grid, based on the OSGB36 TRF, Airy 1830 ellipsoid datum and a Transverse Mercator map projection.
- Co-ordinate Converter - to convert to other formats and provide links to maps and location searchs, eg use to convert OSGB36 to WGS84
- Location Search - to find features centered around the location
- Feature Finder - to find webpages containing refernces to a Grid Refernce
- OSGB Gazetteer - find a list of places and designations around a Grid Ref
- API Geocoder - convert to other formats
- Map Series - find paper maps covering this location (including Timeline Maps)
Irish Grid Refence (eg T454355) BackToTop
- Coordinate Converter - to convert to other formats and provide links to maps and location searchs, eg to convert to WGS 84
- Feature Finder - to find webpages containing refernces to a Irish Grid Refernce
- API Geocoder - convert to other formats
- Map Series - find paper maps covering this location (including Timeline Maps)
Easting and Northings (eg 234356, 545345) BackToTop
- Co-ordinate Converter - to convert to
other formats and provide links to maps and location searchs . eg will convert
to National Grid Reference (NGR)
- Also accepts IRISH Eastings and Northings (OSI 234356, 545345)
- Location Search - to find features centered around the location
- Feature Finder - to find webpages containing refernces to the exact location
- API Geocoder - convert to other formats
- Map Series - find paper maps covering this location (including Timeline Maps)
UK Postcode (eg RH17 2TT) BackToTop
- Co-ordinate Converter - to convert to other formats and provide links to maps and location searchs, eg will convert Postcode to NGR or Postcode Lat/Long
- Location Search - to find features centered around the Postcode
- OSGB Gazetteer - find a list of places and designations around the Postcode
- API Geocoder - convert to other formats
- Map Series - find paper maps covering this location (including Timeline Maps)
Placename - Text Search (eg Stoke) BackToTop
- Location Search - to find features centered around the Place
- Grid Ref Gazetteer - find a list of places and designations around the Placename
- Lat/Long Gazetteer - find a list of places and designations around the Town
- Map Series - find paper maps covering this location (including Timeline Maps)
Lat/Long (WGS84/OSGB36) - (eg N 52° 55.244 W 003° 58.438) BackToTop
- Co-ordinate Converter - converts Latitude and Longitude to other formats and provide links to maps and location searchs
- Lat/Long Gazetteer - find a list of places and designations around the Location (please access via the Co-ord Converter)
- API Geocoder - convert to other formats
- Map Series - find paper maps covering this location (including Timeline Maps)
UK Phone Dialing Code (eg 01248) BackToTop
- Co-ordinate Converter - provides approximate position of center of telephone code area and provide links to maps and location searchs
OSGB Map Tile Reference (eg SP08SW86) BackToTop
- Co-ordinate Converter - to convert to other formats and provide links to maps and location searchs
NAC or Universal Address (eg GQH00 RSZZZ) BackToTop
NAC stands for Natural Area Coding System, also known as Universal Map Grid or Universal Address and is a compact system of representing a location anywhere in the world.
- Co-ordinate Converter - to convert NAC's to other formats and provide links to maps and location searchs
NAC, Natural Area Coding, Universal Map Grid and Universal Address are trade marks of NAC Geographic Products Inc (Used under Licence)
US Zip Code (eg 35004) BackToTop
- Co-ordinate Converter - to displays the lat/long then links to maps and location searches
- API Geocoder - convert to other formats
IARU Locator (eg IO34TN) (more & more & more) BackToTop
Also called the Maidenhead Locator System. or QTH locator system, used mostly by Radio Amaters, replaces QRA-Locator.
- Co-ordinate Converter - to convert locator's to other formats and provide links to maps and location searchs
- API Geocoder - convert to other formats
UTM - Universal Transverse Mercator (eg 30U,302802,5869773) BackToTop
- Co-ordinate Converter - to convert to other formats and provide links to maps and location searchs
- API Geocoder - convert to other formats
- Map Series - find paper maps covering this location
Approx - Single Number Representation of a Lat/Long (eg Approx 928542141)BackToTop
More information can be found at the CPAN page for the Perl Module used: Geo::Approx
- Co-ordinate Converter - to convert to other formats and provide links to maps and location searchs