After each shot, he recorded the position from the map references.

Thus, only when the two had met would reconstruction of the complete map reference become possible.

It was sealed with light blue wax, six numbers only, a map reference.

How could you start a search without a map reference?

She'd checked the address against a map reference but hadn't bothered to call up an image of the building.

In Watson (1975) the author gives its map reference as 991988.

Once they'd agreed times and map references, they went back to brief their men.

Anywhere in the country can be given a map reference.

Even if we had got our map reference wrong, we were going to have to leave the search until morning.

But, as you say, I doubt that they could give a map reference.