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Ideally, a location will be identified to the nearest metre within the National Grid. However, it is not uncommon to use less precise references – to the nearest 10 or 100m – by omitting the least significant digits. For example, a reference with only six figures after the letter code (for example SK123568) or with only 10 digits (3456898765) refers to a location with a 10m precision, while SK1257 or 34579877 have 100m precision. Clearly it is vital to treat locations supplied with 10 or 100m precision references with care: they frequently need to be interpreted to mean 'the location is somewhere in the square whose origin is specified by the grid reference' as opposed to “the location is within 10 or 100m of the reference”. For this reason both the original (source) formats of coordinates should be stored in HERs, as well as any 'GIS friendly' derived coordinate values (see also section E.2.4).
Ideally, a location will be identified to the nearest metre within the National Grid. However, it is not uncommon to use less precise references – to the nearest 10 or 100m – by omitting the least significant digits. For example, a reference with only six figures after the letter code (for example SK123568) or with only 10 digits (3456898765) refers to a location with a 10m precision, while SK1257 or 34579877 have 100m precision. Clearly it is vital to treat locations supplied with 10 or 100m precision references with care: they frequently need to be interpreted to mean 'the location is somewhere in the square whose origin is specified by the grid reference' as opposed to “the location is within 10 or 100m of the reference”. For this reason both the original (source) formats of coordinates should be stored in HERs, as well as any 'GIS friendly' derived coordinate values (see also section [E.2.4|http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/ifp/Wiki.jsp?page=SectionE.2#section-SectionE.2-E.2.4PrecisionAndAccuracy]).
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