Skipman Posted 29 May , 2021 Share Posted 29 May , 2021 Could someone help with google earth co-ordinates for this French Map Reference It's in the Jonchery Sur Vesle area. Jonchery Sur Vesle 1. 20,000 220 000 x 268 750 Any help much appreciated Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skipman Posted 30 May , 2021 Author Share Posted 30 May , 2021 (edited) Could anyone confirm if 49° 9'35.64"N 3°53'45.52"E is anywhere close? Mike Edited 30 May , 2021 by Skipman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LDT006 Posted 30 May , 2021 Share Posted 30 May , 2021 Should be south of Marfaux: https://archives.marne.fr/ark:/86869/wpbkjqclh62s/3a4ab334-fea3-42e1-b62a-d43639b583a6 Google maps gives this approx. location: 49.145905604090956, 3.898438312260358 Luc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEW Posted 30 May , 2021 Share Posted 30 May , 2021 I'm visually plotting it off the map just to the SW of Pourcy, somewhere on track that leads to a farm which maybe Presle Fme. Google maps 49.155740,3.918710. TEW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LDT006 Posted 30 May , 2021 Share Posted 30 May , 2021 Sorry, I forgot the .45 after 268. Below a now and then map, the now map has a grey marker and its location on the bottom. Hope this helps, Luc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEW Posted 30 May , 2021 Share Posted 30 May , 2021 Sorry, isn't your easting marked in red as 220 actually the 200 easting? Northing I read as 248.750 but maybe 450. So, 2000 yards to East and a little north? TEW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LDT006 Posted 30 May , 2021 Share Posted 30 May , 2021 TEW, you are correct about the 268.450, it should be 268.750, my mistake. Mike had it correct in the opening post but I missed that. This has been an issue for me before because I grew up with 7 segment displays and I still write a 4 like that. The top bar of the 7 should be flat, the one in the opening post looks more like a 4 to me as can be seen below: The 220 however is correct, so the location is 300 metres to the north than the one that I marked before. Luc. A larger extract from the map: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEW Posted 30 May , 2021 Share Posted 30 May , 2021 Yes, I see that now, the 220 I was looking at is 222. Good job the other problem of having northings first can't apply here. TEW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skipman Posted 30 May , 2021 Author Share Posted 30 May , 2021 Luc and TEW very many thanks for taking the time to study this, and for the confirmation. This is really useful to me, Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skipman Posted 30 May , 2021 Author Share Posted 30 May , 2021 Luc, when you wrote " Mike had it correct in the opening post but I missed that. " Did you mean I had it correct when I posted "49° 9'35.64"N 3°53'45.52"E" and that these coordinates are correct? Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LDT006 Posted 30 May , 2021 Share Posted 30 May , 2021 Mike, no, I was referring to my mistake with the "4" digit in the 268.450 iso 268.750, you had that correctly mentioned in your opening post. I missed that and only looked at the extract of the Burial Return sheet. When I transfer 220.000 x 268.750 to Google Earth it comes up with 49° 9'15.75"N, 3°53'34.21"E, marked as "Mine" on the map below, your coordinates point to "Mike". They are close, transferring is always approximate, I don't know how exact you want it. Maybe someone can make an overlay of both maps to get it correct but that is to complicated for me.. Luc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skipman Posted 30 May , 2021 Author Share Posted 30 May , 2021 Many thanks again Luc probably close enough. They're both in the rough area of the battalion am studying (6th Seaforth) on the 21st July 1918. It would be nice to nail it as I could perhaps work out when on the 21st my soldier was when killed. I will keep studying, and thanks agin for taking the time to look at this. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now