Mapping Skills Mapping Four figure grid references This

Mapping Skills

Mapping Four figure grid references

This is part of a 1: 50000 OS map Each square is 1 km x 1 km Reproduced with the permission of the Controller of HMSO © Crown Copyright NC/02/15232

This is part of a 1: 50000 OS map Each square is 1 km x 1 km Each square has a different grid reference Reproduced with the permission of the Controller of HMSO © Crown Copyright NC/02/15232

It has Easting grid lines 96 71 97 98 East 99 Each square has 00 figure 01 A four 71 Grid Reference It has Northing 70 grid lines n o r t h 70 69 69 9968 68 67 96 68 97 98 Reproduced with the permission of the Controller of HMSO 99 00 © Crown Copyright NC/02/15232 67 00

Exercise What is the grid reference of squares A-J 98 97 70 E B H 69 99 69 I D 67 70 F A 68 00 G 68 C 9768 9869 9967 9767 9669 9969 9867 9769 9968 9766 67 J 97 A B C D E F G H I J 98 99 Reproduced with the permission of the Controller of HMSO 00 © Crown Copyright NC/02/15232

Mapping Six figure grid references

Each square has a four figure grid reference 68 9968 Each square has an invisible grid to help give 6 figure references 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 The church is at Easting 993 The church is at Northing 688 990 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Reproduced with the permission of the Controller of HMSO The 6 figure Grid Ref is 993688 © Crown Copyright NC/02/15232

6 Figure grid references 68 A 67 66 21 H E C D B J 22 I F G 23 24 A 210 677 B C D E F G H I J Easting before Northing (E before N !)

6 Figure grid references 68 A 67 66 21 H E C D B J 22 I F G 23 24 A B C D E F G H I J 210 677 225669 231678 232671 218671 239665 235662 223678 221660 211666 Easting before Northing (E before N !)

Mapping Direction

Compass Directions 68 F H I B 66 21 22 E NW D A 67 J N C NE W G 23 E SE SW S 24 What direction are you walking ? A C G D F H I J B E A