What is Ham locator?

What is Ham locator?

A Maidenhead locator compresses latitude and longitude into a short string of characters, which is similar in concept to the World Geographic Reference System or GEOREF.

How do you find grid references in geography?

Grid references

1. Start at the left-hand side of the map and go east until you get to the bottom-left-hand corner of the square you want. Write this number down.
2. Move north until you get to the bottom-left corner of the square you want.

Can a grid locator be used for any location?

The system can describe any location in the world. Latitudes and longitude can be coverted to and from the grid system. This system replaces the QRA locator system since it was only used in Europe. Other names for the grid locator are: grid squares, QTH, or grid location.

How to find your Maidenhead grid square on Google Maps?

Other names for the grid locator are: grid squares, QTH, or grid location. Enter your zip-code, city, latitude, or longitude to find your maidenhead grid square on the Google or Bing map. The largest square, two digits field encoding, e.g. CN, is 10° latitude by 20° longitude in size.

Is there a grid square locator for Google Earth?

Google Earth Grid Square Locator – This page host a simple Windows program that will create an overlay for Google Earth that displays the Maidenhead grid. If you only need 4-character locator coverage, you can download an alternative ready-to-use kmz-file.

How big is a two digit grid square?

The largest square, two digits field encoding, e.g. CN, is 10° latitude by 20° longitude in size. The grid square, two digits field and two digits square, e.g. CN87, is 1° latitude by 2° longitude in size. The next smaller grid sub-square, with 6 digits, e.g. CN87AA, is 0.041667° latitude and 0.083334° longitude in size.