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    Re: Real celnav in the 60's - Excercise 1
    From: Greg Rudzinski
    Date: 2008 Aug 11, 18:33 -0700

    The longitude is 123� 46' East  I believe. Flash Earth that and see
    what you get.
    
    On Aug 11, 6:59�am, Andrew Corl  wrote:
    > Everyone,
    > �
    > I am not an expert in this sort of thing so I am looking forward to this 
    problem and trying to figure it all out. So no spoilers please.
    > �
    > The�following is stated in the problem:
    > "N27deg 21' W123deg 46' (Japan Sea)"
    > �
    > I read this as the DR position however the parenthetical statement "Japan 
    Sea" led me to believe that this position was�somewhere in the Japan Sea.� I 
    Google Earthed the position and it is actually in the Pacific off the coast 
    of Baja Mexico.� Am I simply reading the statement wrong and the destination 
    is the Japan Sea?� Please clairfy.
    > �
    > The novice navigator
    > Andrew
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