How to Use Grid-Referances (four and six figure) to locate points on a map
Posted: Sunday, March 22, 2009
by Connor Davidson
I am writing this article for two reasons. Firstly, because it is very important to be able to use grid references and secondly, the category was empty and I thought something should be put there.
(number read from (along) 51,52,53 and (up) 73.74,75.) Look at the picture above. You can see that the lines have numbers on them. The point A is in can be 51,74. You can see this by following the first number (the one at the bottom of the grid) then following the second number across (the one going up the side.. Using the same logic point B is in square 50,73. Now using this work out the reference for C ( answer at the bottom).
I hope this article has been helpful to you.
C (four figures) is 51,74. C (six figures) is about 512,743.
Connor Davidson 3/22/09
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Top-level comments on this article: (7 total)Hi Connor, I am so confused! But I bet this is great for a math person. I guess I was wrong when I said I wasn't a good history student. The truth is I wasn't a good student at all :-) Blessings to you! TeresaA grid referance is a very difficult thing to explain in writing. I gave it my best shoot. I agree you do need to be quite good at maths to understand it. Sorry.No need to be sorry, the problem is not yours its mine :-)I did better in Dance, Drama, and Choir. Going to 15 different schools by the time I graduated made it difficult for me to take school serious. I just wanted to gra-gee-ate . ha!
Connor, you lost me after, "I'm writing this ariticle...."----this is all way over my head, but I'm sure someone out there appreciates your info. Sorry I can't add anything more, but it was a well written article at any rate and you seem to know what you're talking about and that's good enough for me. Keep up the good work.Sandra
Being someone who learned Geography in quite a bit of detail, I understand grid referances quite well.What I do to remember the order they go in is "along the corridor and up the stairs".
Yes, most people had it in school and have long sine forgotten it. However with GPS it is the rage.Ha, ha. I think I will have to write an article on the disappearance of good old Ordinace Survey maps.
He he...I already know how to read grid referances. You were there when I learnt it.Could you please give reasons why you rated the article one star? Please, I would like to know.
Thumbs up for taking the initiative to implement something where there's nothing.Deborah
I use grids for my art but not in the form of mathematics. Interesting though, all math interest me.Maths is a very important study and it is good you like it.Grid referances are used most often on maps.
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