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RE: latitude and longitude

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Subject: RE: latitude and longitude
From: Victoria Quinton <>
Date: Mon, 30 Nov 1998 17:47:52 +1100
Thank you Lawrie,

I'll follow up on those maps - Information Victoria, perhaps?

Anyway it certainly didn't hurt me to go back to basics at:
http://astsun.astro.virginia.edu/~eww6n/math/Latitude.html

>> 
>> Is there somewhere online to locate the latitude and longtitude of an area
>> for the Atlas Project?
>> 
>> If so, it would be a useful link to add to the site, to encourage people
>> to
>> participate.
>> 
>Hi Victoria
>
>This AUSLIG site is quite handy for coarse lat/long readings:
>
>       http://www.auslig.gov.au/mapping/names/names.htm
>
>but it's not accurate enough for atlassing.  In the absence of a GPS, you
>can't go past topographical maps.  I always use both anyhow, as a GPS on its
>own is a lot less useful than one used with reference to a decent map.  The
>national 1:100,000 sheets are OK for most purposes - the major lat/long
>marks are there, and you can get down to 10" accuracy with a ruler and a few
>short division sums.  The 1:50,000 and 1:25,000 state maps are even better
>for this purpose - where available.
>
>Cheers, Lawrie
>
>Lawrie Conole
>Melbourne, Australia
>
>http://www.users.bigpond.com/ocoineoil/
>
>

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