Location is a general purpose NGR, Lat/Long
locator (and even the old QRA) conversion utility; including a distance
and bearing calculator. 8 digit locators (see the Nov 1991 Microwave
Newsletter and subsequent RadCom) are supplied as standard, but either
6 or 8 or 10 digit ones may be entered. 10 digit locators eg IO90IV58EI
are generated where accuracy allows; whether these ever come into common
usage (18 metre accuracy) remains to be seen, but some GPS systems do give
10 digit Maidenhead locators as an option. Note that no other programs
on this disc make use of or will accept 10 digit locators.
NGRs may be entered in any form or precision
(eg SU4990512575 or su 499 126 or SU 49). Lat /Long may
be entered in (nearly) any form. See the online help (F1) for more
information.
All Lat/Long to/from NGR routines use the
EXACT Ordnance Survey equations for very high accuracy, but note that other
programs on this disc use the less accurate routines given in the Microwave
Handbook; these however are still accurate to better than 25m in the central
UK.
The site database SITES.DAT can be called
up for named locations, and this can be scrolled through to find the wanted
site, again see the online help.
Screenshot of LOCATION.EXE from Yes Tor, Dartmoor:-