Links

> Notes on the Modified British System of coordinates used on the European Theatre of Operations during the WWII

> Links, bibliographical references

(version française)

Notes on the geographical systems of coordinates :

Coordinate Systems Overview

http://www.colorado.edu/geography/gcraft/notes/coordsys/coordsys_ftoc.html

Grids and Datums (historical notes on the map projections used other the world)

http://www.asprs.org/asprs/resources/grids/

Conversions between coordinate systems :

Coordinate conversions and transformations including formulas

http://remotesensing.org/geotiff/proj_list/guid7.html

Other coordinate systems used during the WWII :

The Luftwaffe Map Reference System ('Gradnetzmeldeverfahren')

http://www.stormbirds.com/eagles/research/gradnetz/gradnetz.html

Digital atlases :

Mapquest (Anglais)

http://www.mapquest.com/maps/latlong.adp

Newsgroups :

Ordnance Survey maps Group

http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/ordnancemaps

Aéroforums (French)

http://www.aeroforums.org

Bibliographical references :

Manual of map reading, photo reading and field sketching, The War Office, 1940

Manual of map reading, photo reading and field sketching - part 1, map reading, The War Office, 1955

Thanks :

The author wishes to thank Mr Joël Blanc for his contribution to the reflexion and to some aspects of the documentation relating to the system of coordinates described here.