NLS adds co-ordinates searches to find WW1 military trenches

The National Library of Scotland (www.nls.uk) has added a new way to search for military trenches in its British First World War Trench Maps, 1915-1918 collection: 

We have added a way to search trench map coordinates in our Map Finder - with Outlines and Explore Georeferenced Maps viewers. You can input various lengths of trench map coordinates (eg. '28.I.8', '36C.S.22.c', '62d.J.19.b.4.3') in the 'Search Places' panel to the upper left, and the map will zoom to these locations. The Trench Map Coordinates for your mouse cursor location are shown dynamically to the lower right. If you click/tap on the 'Show Coordinates' tab in the footer, or hold the ALT button down and click/tap, these Trench Map Coordinates appear in a popup box for copying. During the First World War, trench map coordinates were used extensively for giving precise locations on the Western Front.

For further details visit https://maps.nls.uk/ww1/trenches/info2.html#search-coordinates

(Source: https://maps.nls.uk/additions.html)

Chris

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