Profpointy
Legendary Member
Why is this remotely better than a grid reference, which works without a phone, and can be read off a map. And if you happen to have a gps or phone, then it still works just fine
Why is this remotely better than a grid reference, which works without a phone, and can be read off a map. And if you happen to have a gps or phone, then it still works just fine
Problem with grid references is that there are so many grids!
I don't think any of the alternatives are necessarily claiming to be better than a grid ref but for a lot of people it'll be simpler.
Also, there are many people who don't carry a map (even when they should).
Not everything is an emergency
Even in a non-emergency it is a lot easier to 'long press' on the map to get a location and share it.
Considering there are two main ways of describing a grid reference in this country <snipped>
There's the OS GB map grid reference based on 100x100km squares which are described by two letters and then suffixed by pairs of 2, 4, 6, 8, etc digits to reference a square of the required accuracy.Two ways - what's the other one then?
it's been hiding in plain sight for year . if you look at the corners of a paper map you'll see the two numbers required to convert that particular sheet.I'd never heard of the starting from zero version so every day is a school day.