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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.
"Grid Locators and Grid Squares". ARRL. "An explanation of the [Maidenhead] system and how it came into being". jonit.com. From the field hunter's web page. "Map grid square". levinecentral.com. [Maidenhead] grid square for any location or amateur radio call sign "Generate a KML file that outlines a grid position". w8an.net. "Maidenhead locator".
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.)
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
Maidenhead locator square "IO91", which covers part of Greater London, belongs to QRA locator square "ZL". The main squares are subdivided to 80 smaller squares, each one covering 12' by 7'30", and which are numbered from 01 to 80. The small squares are numbered from North to South and West to East. The northwest corner of the main square is ...
Players pay a fixed amount and write their name somewhere in a 10 x 10 grid. After all 100 spaces are filled, the digits 0 to 9 are randomly assigned to rows and columns. ... The numbers are based ...
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Each code describes an area bounded by two parallels and two meridians out of a fixed grid, identified by the southwest corner and its size. The largest grid has blocks of 20 by 20 degrees (9 rows and 18 columns), and is divided in 20 by 20 subblocks up to four times. From that level onwards, division is in 5 by 4 subblocks.