1:25 000 maps of Sweden .
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These are the people you need, I couldn't find 1:25, 000, but the 1:50, 000 is great:
http://butiken.metria.se/kartbutiken/index.php?language=en . The maps you want are the terrankarten seres (equivilent to our OS). Swedish grid is hard to work out.
Postage is very quick to the UK. The maps are a bit expensive, but that's Sweden for you!
http://butiken.metria.se/kartbutiken/index.php?language=en . The maps you want are the terrankarten seres (equivilent to our OS). Swedish grid is hard to work out.
Postage is very quick to the UK. The maps are a bit expensive, but that's Sweden for you!
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As mentioned above, the 1:50,000 maps are good ( as good as the OS maps of the same scale ), but it's cheaper to buy them in the UK. There are some online map retailers that you can get them from.
Cheers, Michael.
Cheers, Michael.
forestwalker
Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
1:25000 isn't used much. The standard topographical map is 1:50000 (terrängkartan), there are a few 1:100000 still in use, and the orienteering folks use 1:10000 or 1:15000 (at least they did last I checked), but those can be hard to track down and does not cover more than a few spots.
As to the grid; it is fairly simple; the main division is a km square, basically counted from the intersection of the prime meridian and the equator. You then get an X and Y (e.g. X=6589030, Y=1443339, sometimes the X and Y is omitted). It allows for arbitrary presicion, just add or subtract numbers on the end; 7 digits make for 1 m, 6 for 10 m, 5 for 100 m, etc). If you know two postiions you can easilly calculate the distance (unless you get into large enought distances that projection effects kick in).
As to the grid; it is fairly simple; the main division is a km square, basically counted from the intersection of the prime meridian and the equator. You then get an X and Y (e.g. X=6589030, Y=1443339, sometimes the X and Y is omitted). It allows for arbitrary presicion, just add or subtract numbers on the end; 7 digits make for 1 m, 6 for 10 m, 5 for 100 m, etc). If you know two postiions you can easilly calculate the distance (unless you get into large enought distances that projection effects kick in).
