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This template takes a pair of geographic coordinates and converts them into a Maidenhead grid square. Use: {{Coor Maidenhead|lat|lon|link}} Where: lat is latitude. lon is longitude. link, when yes, puts the grid square in a link to the list of map sources.
Maidenhead locators are also commonly referred to as QTH locators, grid locators or grid squares, although the "squares" are distorted on any non-equirectangular cartographic projection. Use of the terms QTH locator and QRA locator was initially discouraged, as it caused confusion with the older QRA locator system.
When the term 'grid square' is used, it can refer to a square with a side length of 10 km (6 mi), 1 km, 100 m (328 ft), 10 m or 1 m, depending on the precision of the coordinates provided. (In some cases, squares adjacent to a Grid Zone Junction (GZJ) are clipped, so polygon is a better descriptor of these areas.)
Templates. Template:Coor Maidenhead (displays geographical coordinates as Maidenhead grid squares) Template:Canada NTS Grid (displays designator for National Topographic System map sheet containing specified geographical coordinates) Template:Sky (the same idea for astronomical objects) Wikimedia and OpenStreetMap
The QRA locator, also called QTH locator in some publications, is an obsolete geographic coordinate system used by amateur radio operators in Europe before the introduction of the Maidenhead Locator System. As a radio transmitter or receiver location system the QRA locator is considered defunct, but may be found in many older documents.
The term Grid square has multiple uses Maidenhead Locator System, a Geocode system used by radio amateurs worldwide; A 1 km 2 square defined by a National grid reference system, see Projected coordinate system#Grid reference encodings; A neighbourhood in Milton Keynes, England, see Milton Keynes#Grid roads and grid squares
English: The Maidenhead Locator System grid over Europe. The areas marked with big letters are "fields" and the small numbers denote "squares". The areas marked with big letters are "fields" and the small numbers denote "squares".
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