Talk:Centre points of the United Kingdom
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[edit] WP:CITE
Can we please cite the '2002 studies by the Ordnance Survey' from which the quoted statistics are taken? Does anyone have a precise reference? --Nick Boalch ?!? 10:59, 8 January 2006 (UTC)
- BBC did a story and refered to the results Paul Weaver 20:41, 14 March 2006 (UTC)
[edit] centre of england
i live in chesterfield derbyshir and theres a field next the famous red lion at stanedge where a post is situated supposedly marking the centre of britain/england im not entirely sure which. any validity in it?
[edit] History?
..Where is it?? Zerofri 21:02, 17 January 2007 (UTC)
- Heh, someone vandalised the History section, and then two people decided it would b ebetter to replace the vandalism with acomment saying it had been removed than with the actual original content. Reverted Rawling4851 23:56, 20 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] United Kingdom vs Britain
The article references the centre of Britain, but the title is about the centre of the United Kingdom. Is there a reference for the centre of the UK (including Northern Ireland)?
[edit] "Rectangular map"
The article talks of the "centre of a rectangular map", but it is not clear what this means. The rectangularity or otherwise of any map depends on the projection used to make the map. Matt 11:23, 21 October 2007 (UTC).
[edit] Another method; as used by Canada.
"The centre of Canada can be measured in many ways. The most readily understood would be by taking the mid-point of the extremities of the Canadian landmass". http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/learningresources/facts/faq.html#q10 Click on "Facts About Canada". Then "Frequently Asked Questions About Canada". Then "9. Some Significant Canadian Geographical Facts".
Northern point of mainland Great Britain, Easter Head - Dunnet Head WGS84 58°40’19.7”N and the Southern point, Lizard Point 49°57’31.9”N. Mid-point latitude 54°18’55.8”N. Eastern point of mainland Great Britain, Lowestoft Ness 1°45’47.0”E and the Western point, Corrachadh Mor 6°13’40.6”W. Mid-point longitude 2°13’56.8”W. Centre-point of the mainland of Great Britain, (WGS84, 54°18’55.8”N, 2°13’56.8”W) = (SD 84976, 91124). About 1.7 miles / 2.7 kilometres, North-West of the centre of Hawes, North Yorkshire.
Method: 1:25 000 Ordnance Survey maps. Using a ruler to measure the grid references. Then using O.Ss Coordinate transformer to give the latitude and longitude in ETRS89. Coordinates are from Mean High Water Springs. However, Corrachadh Mor is from O.S. Furthermore, I have converted the OSGB longitude for Corrachadh Mor to WGS84. Sulasgeir (talk) 13:54, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
