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Grid References

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Practise 4-figure and 6-figure grid references on a new map extract every time. Wrong answers get a specific hint, and the worked solution zooms into the square.

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A 4-figure grid reference gives the square. Read the easting (along the bottom) first, then the northing (up the side), using the lines that meet at the bottom-left corner of the square. Along the corridor, then up the stairs.

A 6-figure reference adds tenths: split the square into ten each way. Answers within one tenth on each axis are marked correct, because tenths are estimated by eye. This map is a simple practice extract with made-up symbols, not a real map.

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