whkay Posted 15 July , 2009 Share Posted 15 July , 2009 Please would someone kindly tell me to what unit of measurement do the "cells" equate to when using the measuring tool on the said CD? Thank you Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnreed Posted 25 August , 2009 Share Posted 25 August , 2009 By the word "Cell" I take it to be Map Squares, on the 1/10,000 map it equates to 1,000 yard square. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whkay Posted 25 August , 2009 Author Share Posted 25 August , 2009 Thanks John but no, unfortunately I cannot copy an example to here however you are provided with a measure tool where you measure the distance between two chosen points and that distance is shown you in "cells"? There are 367 cells for the lengh of a 500 yard square so it made me wonder what was the unit each single cell equates to? Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnreed Posted 26 August , 2009 Share Posted 26 August , 2009 Is this what you mean? John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whkay Posted 26 August , 2009 Author Share Posted 26 August , 2009 Not quite John.. If you enter this web-site http://www.britishtrenchmaps.com/screenshots.html and scroll down to one of the shown screenshots i.e the Albert one and open it you are presented with a map with numbers in the bottom right hand corner. The two sets shown are not what I'm interested in its the one that appears where the 0.00 is. Looking back at the map and the toolbox provided at the top, if you press on the sign marked by a + and a ruler (not on the example by the way, it doesn't work) you can then chart the position between two specified points, this gives you a distance in cells between the two points and the 0.00 figure changes to the given distance (in cells). It is this unit of measurement that I'm enquiring about? I hope this makes sense, difficult to explain without the screenshots, apologies and thanks.. Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnreed Posted 27 August , 2009 Share Posted 27 August , 2009 Mark I deduce that the word cells is a misnomer it should be pixels . Using the measuring tool align the crosshairs on the extreme top left hand corner of the map sheet you will find that the Cell Co-ordinates will read 0.00 0.00 and the other box will be 0.00 cels because no measurement has been taken. By using the measuring tool 50 yards equates to 35 pixels plus or minus 0.5 pixels. As far as I am concerned I would not use this for measuring distances, I would stick to the old and tried Romer method. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whkay Posted 27 August , 2009 Author Share Posted 27 August , 2009 Thanks for that John, you are of course correct.. Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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