[Ham-Mac] Re: Where is Grid Square Numbeer _____

Mon, 13 Oct 2003 13:18:52 -0400

MacAPRS (and most APRS programs) show the "gridsquare"
location on maps at, or near, the center of the actual
grid-square. Depending on the number of characters provided
in the grid-square, the actual area this could represent
could be rather large. 

The same is true, to some degree, using any reverse lookup
of gridsquare locations. The gridsquare really describes a
"rectangle" on the surface of the earth. In lots of places,
even a 6-character gridsquare could cover parts of several
countries, let alone cities. 

Jim Wagner

On Mon, 13 Oct 2003 08:23:27 -0400
 harris ruben <[email protected]> wrote:
> >TNX to WA1LOU for responding with MacAPRS and to N2EM
> for the Google
> >results.  I am still looking for a web page where you
> can enter a Grid
> >Square and have it come back with the name of the
> country, state, county,
> >city or even a Map.
> 
> 
> But because grid squares are based on purely geographic
> coordinates and are entirely apolitical, any single grid
> square could include parts of several cities, states,
> counties or even countries. The best such a program might
> do is produce a map.
> 
> N2ERN
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