Map of the COG grid now available

["Overs, Anthony \(REPS\)" <>]

Hi all

A friend of mine, and fellow COG member, Pete Cowper has prepared a map of the ACT that features the COG grid. The map is a handy way to check where particular grid cells are, and may be useful for some of you during the blitz this coming weekend.

A link to the map can be found on the COG home page (http://canberrabirds.org.au/ - “see here to find out where your Grid Cells are”), as well as on the Maps and Forms page (http://canberrabirds.org.au/maps_forms.htm)

To print a map of your grid cells, simply zoom in to the grid cells you need, then:

 - choose PRINT from the FILE menu

 - select PRINT CURRENT VIEW

 - choose FIT TO PRINTER MARGINS from the Page Scaling pull down menu.

 - click OK

Please note that the map is indicative of grid cell locations only and should not be used for navigation.

Also available on the Maps and Forms page is a file that contains the coordinates for the south-west corner of each cell in the COG grid (110kb Excel spreadsheet). And for those that use GIS or mapping software, two versions of the COG grid are available as a single zipped file (100kb zip file).

A map showing the full COG Area Of Concern will be prepared in due course.

Please direct any queries regarding the map directly to me.

Thank you

Anthony Overs