National grid to lat long conversion

[Astley.lejasper]

Hi,

I have a load of British National Grid references that I want to
convert to decimal degrees so I can create a google KML file. Does
anyone know of a module to do this?

I've looked at http://pygps.org/#LatLongUTMconversion but am not
really up to speed with projections and all this other mapping stuff.

I want to take something like

x = 417512 y = 315098 (SK 17570 15100)

and convert it to a google compatible decimal degrees

lat: 52.733255N Long: -1.741239

Any help would be great

[Carl Drinkwater | 29degrees]

I have a load of British National Grid references that I want to

convert to decimal degrees so I can create a google KML file. Does
anyone know of a module to do this?

I should probably have added that you can get a number of the
variables you start off with from :

http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswe...s/information/
coordinatesystemsinfo/guidecontents/guidea.html

and

http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswe...s/information/
coordinatesystemsinfo/guidecontents/index.html

might be useful to read around the subject. It might look complex,
but don't let it put you off. Also, you can get JavaScript code to
do just this from the URL below, which would be a good starting point.

http://www.movable-type.co.uk/script...g-gridref.html

Regards,
Carl.

[Carl Drinkwater | 29degrees]

I have a load of British National Grid references that I want to

convert to decimal degrees so I can create a google KML file. Does
anyone know of a module to do this?

If there isn't a module available, you could roll your own. The
equations are to be found at :

http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsite/gps/docs/
convertingcoordinatesEN.pdf

They shouldn't be too hard to Pythonise.

Regards,
Carl.

[Astley Le Jasper]

Hi,

I was a bit limited with time so in the end used an online service
with an API which is great for the limited number of look-ups I
needed. It can be found at:

http://www.nearby.org.uk/

It was also very useful for site for other conversions and lookups.

I manage to find a couple of other examples in other languages which I
might have used as the basis for some pythonification.

PHP
- http://www.megalithia.com/search/llfuncshighlight.php
- http://www.jstott.me.uk/phpcoord/

Javascript
- http://www.movable-type.co.uk/script...g-gridref.html

Cheers

Neil