British grid system - Balkan
 

Hi All,

I am looking for a scan of a map or source, where to find how to calculate geographical position based on British grid coordinates (used by RAF) in 1944.
Any advice would be useful. Thanks

PK

Re: British grid system - Balkan
 

Peter

Do you know this site?

http://www.echodelta.net/mbs/eng-welcome.php

Steve

Re: British grid system - Balkan
 

I know the site, but never realized how or where there get to the translation of coordinates given in such a form:
E 777880
S 140399
should be somewhere on Danube at Balkan...
Any help?

Peter

Re: British grid system - Balkan
 

If you look at the small grid presentation of "North Italy Grid" it seems that to use the "Co-ordinate translator" you have to put a lower case 'r' in front of the upper case 'E' so rE777880 comes up with Strehovci near Dobrovnik? Is that in the right kind of neighbourhood?

I'll get back to you on the other reference you have

Steve

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Steve,
That is a problem..No it is not that location. All these (both I listed) have to be Danube river beds fro mine laying...And this is way too far from danube river. :(
I tried this trick with letter addings..but di not work :(
Any idea?

Peter

Re: British grid system - Balkan
 

Maybe use the distance calculations described here

http://www.echodelta.net/mbs/eng-overview.php

with the Danube Zone map here?

http://i937.photobucket.com/albums/a...danubezone.jpg

xE777880 might get you somewhere, not sure about S140399

Re: British grid system - Balkan
 

Sorry to hear that Peter. It has always worked for me before but I admit I have not been looking for localities in that part of the world. I have searched for grid refs in Yugolsavia and it has worked there.

Do you know how far to the East these localities are likely to be? Are they likely to be further East than the maps that are available on this website?

Steve

Re: British grid system - Balkan
 

Thanks both. It is only on Danube, so the Danube Grid should work...Have to figure it out .
Anyone possibly have the Danube grid map in bigger ?
"xE777880 might get you somewhere, not sure about S140399"
As for S, maybe rS...will check it out.
Thanks...

Re: British grid system - Balkan
 

I've just realised wE777880 would also work for the Danube.

Re: British grid system - Balkan
 

Thanks, just realized it too :)
but had to work on it a bit;)

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Not wishing to distract everybody but having thought I had a bit of a grip on this system through the ETO Maps site I am now confused by the map posted by mhuxt.

Clearly the "Danube Zone" does not appear as a separate grid system on the ETO Maps site but as far I can tell seems to have been absorbed into the "Nord de Guerre Zone".

But more importantly on the map posted by mhuxt it seems that not all the small squares have a code letter. In the red area "Danube Zone" around the large letter 'S' there are a number of squares that have no small code letter.

Steve

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Hi Steve,

I think if you follow the letters up through the alphabet in the blank squares, you end up where you'd expect to be when next a letter appears.

Re: British grid system - Balkan
 

Exactly as I used it on my Danube map...;) of course letter I is omitted as mentioned on the page...
Would be nice to add the Danube zone to the translator ;)

Re: British grid system - Balkan
 

Thanks Guys that did dawn on me after I wrote my post. It does not seem like the usual "belt and braces" approach that you would expect from the British military.