Re: (meteorobs) Lat/Long

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Subject: Re: (meteorobs) Lat/Long
From: "Dave Andrews" <dandre10@cybertrails.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1998 18:12:15 -0700
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Fred,
I get the same figures as George.  According to my mapping program, you live
at Skytop.  About 200' SW of Lower Lake Dam.  About 750 WSW  from the
Southern end of Mountain Lake?  Is this close?

Hope this is a good check for you.

Dave Andrews


-----Original Message-----
From: GeoZay@aol.com <GeoZay@aol.com>
To: meteorobs@latrade.com <meteorobs@latrade.com>
Date: Tuesday, August 18, 1998 5:43 PM
Subject: Re: (meteorobs) Lat/Long


>In a message dated 98-08-18 20:01:02 EDT, you write:
>
><< he experts of the list
>      I used the MapBlaster that Bob Johnson gave me to determine my
> lat/long.  I was wondering if I got them converted correctly.
> Lat     41.2277 = 41014'40"N
> Long -75.2386 = -75014'19"W
>      Is this the proper way to display these and did I do it right?
> Thanks for the help!
>                            >>
>
>Can't say that I'm an expert...but I get Latitude 41.2277 to come out as
41:
>13' 40" N
>Longitude -75.2386 comes out to the same you have.
>George Zay
>