Provide a grid reference

January 2019

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BP33 is the map number for the Featherston Topo50 map.
It’s extremely difficult – if not impossible – to accurately describe your location on a map unless you use a grid reference. Heather Grady explains how Our maps have a grid system represented by blue lines running vertically and horizontally on the map. These lines are numbered so they can be used for giving accurate […]

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