I always thought the numbering plan was devised for the International Map of the World, which is referred to by the cited NTS Wikipedia page.

 

Saludos, Todd Minsk
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From: Maps-L: Map Librarians, etc. <[log in to unmask]> On Behalf Of Mike Flannigan
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Subject: Re: 52 K/5 Designation on Canada topographic maps

 


Thank you all.  Thanks to your help I will call it 
the NTS code for now.

Roger Wheate supplied some links that describe 
the system.  Here is a pretty good explanation:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Topographic_System


Mike



On 6/17/20 6:57 PM, MAPS-L automatic digest system wrote:

Hi Mike,
 
I think what you're looking for is the Canadian National Topographic System (NTS) grid, which sections Canada according to those alpha-numeric designations.
 
https://www.nrcan.gc.ca/earth-sciences/geography/topographic-information/maps/national-topographic-system-maps/9767
 
 
+Evan
 
Evan Thornberry
GIS Librarian
University of British Columbia Library 
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On 2020-06-17, 9:01 AM, "Maps-L: Map Librarians, etc. on behalf of Mike Flannigan"  <mailto:[log in to unmask]@ATT.NET> <[log in to unmask] on behalf of [log in to unmask]> wrote:
 
    I have a question about Canada topographic map
    designations.  Oak Lake (1:164.042 scale) in CN has
    a designation of 52 K/5 or 52K05.  I want to know what
    that designation is called.  I think it is not the
    Military Grid Reference System (MGRS), but military
    people use that designation whatever it is called.
    
    
    Mike