[Talk-GB] OS grid positions

[Tom Hughes]

On 09/05/11 13:17, Phil Endecott wrote:

> Good grief.  Are people seriously suggesting that the Ordnance Survey
> "owns" the grid reference system to the extent that others cannot
> convert between grid refs and other formats, or draw a grid over their
> own maps?  That sounds like legal paranoia to me (and normally, I think
> I'm more cautious than most about such issues).

See my other posting - the issue is that the "best" version of the
mapping to OSGB relies on a large data table. It is not just an
algorithmic conversion.

Tom

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