hatsunearu / maidenhead

Python Maidenhead <--> WGS84 coordinate conversions

Maidenhead <-> Lat/Lon

maidenhead provides a simple, yet effective location hashing algorithm. Maidenhead allows global location precision down to 750m

Maidenhead provides 4 levels of increasing accuracy

Level	Precision
1	World
2	Regional
3	Metropolis
4	City

Install

pip install maidenhead

or for development version

git clone https://github.com/space-physics/maidenhead

pip install -e maidenhead

Examples

All examples assume first doing

import maidenhead as mh

lat lon to Maidenhead locator

mh.to_maiden(lat, lon, level)

returns a char (len = lvl*2)

Maidenhead locator to lat lon

mh.to_location('AB01cd')

take any string and returns topleft lat, lon of Maidenhead grid square.

Command Line

Python:

maidenhead 65 -148

BP65aa

maidenhead BP65aa12

65.00833333333334 -147.99166666666667

Alternatives

We also have Maidenhead conversion for Julia.

Open Location Codes a.k.a Plus Codes are in Python code by Google.