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Re: Real celnav in the 60's - Excercise 1
From: Greg Rudzinski
Date: 2008 Aug 11, 18:33 -0700
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 Corlwrote: > 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 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Navigation List archive: www.fer3.com/arc To post, email NavList@fer3.com To , email NavList-@fer3.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---