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Re: Silicon Sea II: Leg 46, CORRECTION
From: Mike Wescott
Date: 1999 Feb 05, 13:40 EST
From: Mike Wescott
Date: 1999 Feb 05, 13:40 EST
> > > Barbados------------------------13d 10.0'N 59d 20.0'W > > > Cape Cod------------------------58d 00.0'N 70d 00.0'W > > > Boston--------------------------42d 20.0'N 70d 46.0'W > > > > Has Cape Cod moved to northern Quebec? :-) Or is it a different > > Cape Cod? Or just a typo? > AAaaarrrggghhh! > > That comes from taking Lat & Lon from documents marked " SHOULD NOT BE > USED FOR NAVIGATION", and then re-typing instead of cut-and-paste :^( > > Cape Cod-------57d 30.0'N 70d 00.0'W > That's still too far north, though I'd not be surprised if there really was another "Cape Cod" but for the one near Boston, MA how about we use Cape Cod------------------------42d 10.0'N 70d 00.0'W That's a point northeast of the tip of the Cape with a straight shot to Boston Harbor (assuming these Web mapping services are anything near accurate). <PRE> -- -Mike Wescott mike.wescott@XXX.XXX =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-= =-= TO UNSUBSCRIBE, send this message to majordomo@XXX.XXX: =-= =-= unsubscribe navigation =-= =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-= </PRE>
