Difference between revisions of "London West, United Kingdom"

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{{surrounds|this=London West|nw=[[Birmingham East / Leicester / Coventry, United Kingdom|Birmingham East]]|ne=[[Cambridge, United Kingdom|Cambridge]]|w=[[Swindon / Oxford, United Kingdom|Swindon]]|e=[[London East, United Kingdom|London East]]|sw=[[Southampton / Portsmouth / Bournemouth / Isle of Wight, United Kingdom|Southampton]]}}
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{{surrounds|this=London West|nw=[[Birmingham East / Leicester / Coventry, United Kingdom|Birmingham East]]|ne=[[Cambridge, United Kingdom|Cambridge]]|w=[[Swindon / Oxford, United Kingdom|Swindon]]|e=[[London East, United Kingdom|London East]]|sw=[[Southampton / Portsmouth / Bournemouth / Isle of Wight, United Kingdom|Southampton]]|n=[[Northampton, United Kingdom|Northampton]]}}
 
[[Image:LondonWest.png|thumb|300px|West London graticule]]
 
[[Image:LondonWest.png|thumb|300px|West London graticule]]
  

Revision as of 15:01, 22 May 2008

Birmingham East Northampton Cambridge
Swindon London West London East
Southampton - -
File:LondonWest.png
West London graticule

The graticule in London West contains the City, West End, and many western boroughs. It also extends as far as Slough and Reading to the west, Luton to the north, and Crawley to the south.

The graticule has boundaries from 52° to 51° latitude, and -1° to 0° longitude. When following the XKCD geohashing algorithm, append the fractional hash part to 51° latitude and -0° longitude. Note the use of negative zero.