![]() Grid references are also commonly quoted in other publications and data sources, such as guide books and government planning documents.Ī number of different systems exist that can provide grid references for locations within the British Isles: this article describes the system created solely for Great Britain and its outlying islands (including the Isle of Man) the Irish grid reference system was a similar system created by the Ordnance Survey of Ireland and the Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland for the island of Ireland. ![]() The Ordnance Survey (OS) devised the national grid reference system, and it is heavily used in its survey data, and in maps based on those surveys, whether published by the Ordnance Survey or by commercial map producers. The Ordnance Survey National Grid reference system (OSGB) (also known as British National Grid ( BNG) ) is a system of geographic grid references used in Great Britain, distinct from latitude and longitude.
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