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{{Lua|Module:Ordnance Survey coordinates}}

This template creates a link to a list of map sources. It is the same as {{tl|coord}} but uses a UK [[British national grid reference system|Ordnance Survey grid reference]] as the coordinates.

== Usage ==
Use:
:'''<nowiki>{{Ordnance Survey coordinates|cc|tt}}</nowiki>''' (or '''<nowiki>{{OS coord|cc|tt}}</nowiki>''')

Where:
* '''cc''' is the grid reference in one of the formats listed below followed, optionally, by any [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Geographical coordinates#Parameters|additional parameters]]. For example: TQ123456_region:GB_scale:25000
* '''tt''' is the text to appear in the link.

Grid reference formats - letters are not case-sensitive:
{| cellspacing=0 border=1 cellpadding=2
|-
|   || [[British national grid reference system|Great Britain]]
|-
| 888_999 || Two decimal numbers - eastings then northings in metres separated by an underscore (for consistency with {{tl|coord}}) E.g.: {{OS_coord|439668_1175316_region:GB|439668_1175316}}
|-
| SE || rowspan=5 | Standard grid references. In each of these cases, the actual coordinates passed to the map sources page will be the centre of the square that the grid ref defines. Spaces between elements are optional.
|-
| SE16
|-
| SE1267
|-
| SE 123 678
|-
| SE 1234 6789
|-
| SE1234567890 || Full "ten figure" grid reference
|-
| ||
|-
|   || [[Irish national grid reference system|Ireland]]
|-
| i888_999 || Letter 'i' followed by two decimal numbers - eastings then northings in metres separated by an underscore
|-
| R || rowspan=5 | Standard grid references. In each of these cases, the actual coordinates passed to the map sources page will be the centre of the square that the grid ref defines
|-
| R16
|-
| R1267
|-
| R123678
|-
| R12346789
|-
| R1234567890 || Full "ten figure" grid reference
|}

== Named arguments ==
* {{para|name}} title for GeoHack page, also used by {{tl|GeoGroup}}

== See also ==
For further information, see [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Geographical coordinates|WikiProject Geographical coordinates]].
For more UK mapping templates, see [[Template:Gbmapping]] ([[Template talk:Gbmapping|talk]]).

==Tracking category==
* {{clc|Pages with malformed OS coordinates}}

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