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Old 14th February 2009, 16:34
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Re: Mid-war Naval Coordinate System

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Originally Posted by Don Caldwell View Post
I need help converting the coordinate system used by III./JG 2 in 1943 to latitudes and longitudes or the Luftwaffe Planquadrate grid. Franek, I know you were working on a conversion program several years ago. Any luck?

All of the naval map converters i've seen on the internet start from a letter-number system. JG 2 wasn't using this. A typical example would be "3715/14 West" for a location south of Brittany.

Any help would be appreciated.

Horrido!

Don
Have you tried the GNMV converter found here:
http://www.gyges.dk/LUMA.xls
using that 14W3715 works out to 46*52'N002*45'W
please also see attachmeny.
bregds
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