"max" wrote in message
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I'm curious - I've always wondered what height above sea level my
property is. Short of having a suitable O/S map, is there anywhere
online where I can find my location and see the height?

There are sites online which suggest they can provide your altitude based on
settlement name, lat and long. In my experience not very accurate unless you
live in an area such as the Fens. Far better is to go to the Ordnance Survey
site
http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsite/ In the 'Get-a-Map' window put
the name of your location (you may then have to select from a range if you
happen to live in Newport for example). Your map will appear but you should
then press the large + sign to get the 1:25000 scale with the 5metre contour
interval. Beware that some map sites simply enlarge the 1:50000 OS map which
only has a 10metre interval.After that you just have to find where you live!

All the best
--
George in Epping, West Essex (107m asl)
www.eppingweather.co.uk
www.winter1947.co.uk

"max" wrote in message
...
I'm curious - I've always wondered what height above sea level my
property is. Short of having a suitable O/S map, is there anywhere
online where I can find my location and see the height?

OS maps online at http://www.streetmap.co.uk
--
David Biddulph

"max" wrote in message
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I'm curious - I've always wondered what height above sea level my
property is. Short of having a suitable O/S map, is there anywhere
online where I can find my location and see the height?




Just have a look at the OS Explorer Map in a (decent) bookshop




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Just have a look at the OS Explorer Map in a (decent) bookshop

First sensible suggestion. I find this thread very sad indeed.

Tudor Hughes.

"TudorHgh" wrote in message
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Just have a look at the OS Explorer Map in a (decent) bookshop

First sensible suggestion. I find this thread very sad indeed.


Yes, how sad it is that somebody should want to find an online
source for determining their height abve sea level.

Col
--
Bolton, Lancashire.
160m asl.
http://www.reddwarfer.btinternet.co.uk

On 25 Jan 2004 01:59:31 GMT, (TudorHgh) wrote:


Just have a look at the OS Explorer Map in a (decent) bookshop

First sensible suggestion. I find this thread very sad indeed.

A sad thread like this once alerted me to the presence of online maps,
a useful resource.

Richard Webb

Come on now chaps we all look to the net for our info.
I have been trying to find the exact altitude for my weather station but the OS
maps dont make it clear to me.
So i brought an old aircraft altimeter and set it too read QFE(Hight above sea
level)at Gatwick airport.This is my datum and is 202ft AMSL, and when i arrive
home it tells me a height of approx 415 Ft.
Heavens above seemed to think i was at 475 Ft!I am the highest part of Crawley
Down.

On 25 Jan 2004 21:10:49 GMT, (SSpiers) wrote:

Come on now chaps we all look to the net for our info.

No we don't.

If I want to know the altitude of somewhere, or it's coordinates, I
use a paper map.

--
Alan White
Twenty-eight miles NW of Glasgow.
Overlooking Loch Goil and Loch Long in Argyll, Scotland.
http://tinyurl.com/55v3

On 25 Jan 2004 21:10:49 GMT, (SSpiers) wrote:

Come on now chaps we all look to the net for our info.
I have been trying to find the exact altitude for my weather station but the OS
maps dont make it clear to me.
So i brought an old aircraft altimeter and set it too read QFE(Hight above sea
level)at Gatwick airport.This is my datum and is 202ft AMSL, and when i arrive
home it tells me a height of approx 415 Ft.
Heavens above seemed to think i was at 475 Ft!I am the highest part of Crawley
Down.
Hi,
QFE is height above airfield elevation. You need to set your barometer
to QNH (height above sea level)
If you look on a 1:25000 map of your area and find the nearest spot
height marked on the map which will be in metres. Convert this to
feet.
Find the nearest airport and request the current QNH reading which
will be in millibars. Deduct 1 millibar from the QNH reading for every
30ft above the QNH (or 1 millibar for every 10 metres) and set your
barometer by turning the adjusting screw at the back to set the dial
to the adjusted figure.
If you look on this page you can get airfield QNH readings:
http://www.xcweather.co.uk/

Norman

On 25 Jan 2004 21:10:49 GMT, (SSpiers) wrote:

Come on now chaps we all look to the net for our info.
I have been trying to find the exact altitude for my weather station but the OS
maps dont make it clear to me.
So i brought an old aircraft altimeter and set it too read QFE(Hight above sea
level)at Gatwick airport.This is my datum and is 202ft AMSL, and when i arrive
home it tells me a height of approx 415 Ft.
Heavens above seemed to think i was at 475 Ft!I am the highest part of Crawley
Down.
Hi,
Gatwick appears to be not very far away from Crawley Down. Gatwick is
196ft or 60mtrs above sea level. So if you could pinpoint your
position on the OS map and let me have the NGR we can work out how
much your barometer needs to be adjusted by using Gatwick's QNH.

Norman