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British national grid coordinates locating improperly

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08-14-2023 08:36 AM
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MatthewBoddy
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Hi all,

 

I have a series of 10 figure grid references taken on a GPS in British National Grid (attached), however when I import them to a map set to BNG they are off of the UK Coast so clearly in the wrong place. They seem to be interpreted by arc as metres, as if i set location units to meters then they are correct (e.g. grid reference 50605, 14307 is located at 50605 metres East 14307 metres North). I am sure I am doing something wrong here, but have been unable to figure out what. I had assumed that british national grid projections would use british national grid grid references as coordinates, however this appears incorrect? What should I do to fix this?

 

Many thanks,

M.

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MatthewBoddy
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Fixed, my GPS wasn't recording the regional code, so needed to add a 3 in front of items in longitude and 5 in front of latitude. My bad!

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