Maidenhead Grid Locator Converter

A Maidenhead locator names an area. More characters narrow the area; decoded coordinates are the center of the represented cell.

Mode

Locator length

Latitude

Longitude

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—Southwest bound

—Northeast bound

A locator represents an area

Maidenhead locators become more precise as characters are added. Decoding reports the center and bounds of that area.

Use the precision the workflow needs

Four characters are coarse, six are common for local position exchange, and eight further narrows the cell. Do not present a decoded cell center as a measured GPS fix.