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Old 11th May 2017 | 13:08
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obst lamp
 
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Coordinate formats advice please

Hi All,

Can anyone explain to me what coordinate format the following position is in please?

521404.50N 0010626.48E

It at first looks like decimal degrees but with the decimal point in the wrong place, however, that doesnt center on the actual location (ie if I just change it to 52.140450N 001.062648E its no where near the actual location in question)

The problem I have is that the position, which is a TV transmission tower, has been disputed by NATS! Clearly the tower (1200ft!) hasnt moved, and one or other of the records of the position is wrong. But my map systems will only work in decimal degrees nn.nnnnn etc, or deg,min,sec

Any help in making the conversion would be very much appreciated!
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