OSGB 1936 / British National Grid

EPSG : 27700

• Description : OSGB 1936 / British National Grid
• Type : Projected CRS
• Area : United Kingdom (UK) - Great Britain - England and Wales onshore, Scotland onshore and Western Isles nearshore; Isle of Man onshore.

Since version 10.2 Orbit supports the OSGB 1936 / British National Grid as described by the Ordnance Survey.
Both OSTN02 xy and OSGM02 z grid corrections are implemented.

To use this implementation the Ordnance Survey grid file OSTN02_OSGM02_GB.bin (22MB) need to be available in the Orbit directory (program/system/crs).
Download, unzip and copy to the indicated directory : ostn02_osgm02_gb.zip.



More information about :

• the use and application of Coordinate Reference Systems in Orbit, see Coordinate Reference Systems in Orbit
• technical specifications of this coordinate system , read the available documentation on the Ordnance Survey website :
  • http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsite/gps/information/index.html
  • http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsite/gps/osnetfreeservices/furtherinfo/questdeveloper.html