MultiMap/ StreetMap links using Landranger Grid Refs.

"Andy Mabbett" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

I have a website with many links to MultiMap, using Landranger Grid
Refs., in the format:

http://www.multimap.com/mapbrowse.cgi?grid=SK0623&scale=25000

These no longer work.

Is there any way to generate a link to StreetMap
(http://www.streetmap.co.uk), using a Landranger reference, in the same
way? Or to any other such service?

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Andy Mabbett
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Here's one for lat/long if it helps

http://www.nearby.org.uk/streetmap.cgi

Dave

Andy Mabbett said:

I have a website with many links to MultiMap, using Landranger Grid
Refs., in the format:

http://www.multimap.com/mapbrowse.cgi?grid=SK0623&scale=25000

These no longer work.

Is there any way to generate a link to StreetMap
(http://www.streetmap.co.uk), using a Landranger reference, in the same
way? Or to any other such service?

From the OS -

http://getamap.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/getamap/frames.htm?mapAction=gaz&gazName=g&gazString=SK0623

Or the munromagic one although not sure what coordinate system is in use.

http://www.munromagic.com/Map.cfm?theX=182300&theY=803900&zoomscale=3

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Mike
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Multimap still works - you're missing a slash between "map" and
"browse" in your URL
Try:
http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?grid=SK0623&scale=25000

For Streetmap you have to split the grid ref into Eastings and
Northings, and convert the letters (SK in your example) to their 100km
grid square numeric representation. You also have to give the full
grid ref (6 digits for each direction). So SK0623 becomes 406000,
323000. The Streetmap URL would therefore be:
http://www.streetmap.co.uk/newmap.srf?x=406000&y=323000&z=3&ar=Y

(See
http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsite/gi/nationalgrid/nghelp1.html
if you need more info on the letters used in grid refs)

Cheers, Simon
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Simon Edwardes
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Simon Edwardes said:

For Streetmap you have to split the grid ref into Eastings and
Northings, and convert the letters (SK in your example) to their 100km
grid square numeric representation. You also have to give the full
grid ref (6 digits for each direction). So SK0623 becomes 406000,
323000. The Streetmap URL would therefore be:
http://www.streetmap.co.uk/newmap.srf?x=406000&y=323000&z=3&ar=Y

And z=4 for a 5x5 km^2 1:50k map; ar=N removes the arrow:

http://www.streetmap.co.uk/newmap.srf?x=406000&y=323000&z=4&ar=N
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Rudi Winter, Aberystwyth, Wales

And in Multimap, add height and width parameters to get a bigger map
area (though there are upper limits, and navigation arrows become
trickier to use). e.g.

http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?grid=SK0623&scale=25000&height=800&width=800

Cheers, Simon