Module:Ordnance Survey coordinates/doc
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Usage
[edit]Converts a OS grid ref to a lat/long hyperlink to geohack.
{{#invoke:Ordnance Survey coordinates|main|SK135733}}← Two-letter code interpreted as OS grid ref in Great Britain{{#invoke:Ordnance Survey coordinates|main|O169318}}← One-letter code interpreted as Irish OS grid ref{{#invoke:Ordnance Survey coordinates|main|439668_1175316}}← Two digit strings interpreted as easting/northing in meters in Great Britain{{#invoke:Ordnance Survey coordinates|main|i88888_99999}}← String starting with i is easting/northing in meters in Ireland{{#invoke:Ordnance Survey coordinates|main|SK135733|Miller's Dale}}← Second argument is used as link text{{#invoke:Ordnance Survey coordinates|main|SK135733_scale:25000_region:GB-DBY}}← extra underscored parameters passed to geohack
- Setting
|rawurl=1returns the simple URL, not a link. - Setting
|direct=1parameter returns a direct link to an OSmap, rather than a link to the geohack page - Template that wraps main is available at {{Ordnance Survey coordinates}}.
- {{Ordnance Survey url}} wraps main with
|rawurl=1
- {{Ordnance Survey url}} wraps main with
- For other template wrapping, see Template:Gbmapping/doc
Also converts from lat/long back to OS grid ref:
{{#invoke:Ordnance Survey coordinates|WGS2OSGB|53.256538|-1.799102}}→ SK1350073300{{#invoke:Ordnance Survey coordinates|LL2OS|53.256538|-1.799102}}→ SK1350073300{{#invoke:Ordnance Survey coordinates|LL2OS|53.256538|-1.799102|scale:25000}}→ SK1350073300
License
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This work is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License Version 2 as published by the Free Software Foundation.
This work is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but without any warranty; without even the implied warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to: Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
Tracking categories
[edit]- Category:Pages with malformed OS coordinates (0)
- Category:Articles with OS grid coordinates (44,242)