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- From: jtbell@hubcap.clemson.edu (Jon Bell)
- Subject: Re: Map
- Message-ID: <1992Aug19.142554.4743@hubcap.clemson.edu>
- Organization: Presbyterian College, Clinton SC
- References: <57238@mentor.cc.purdue.edu>
- Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 14:25:54 GMT
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- In article <57238@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> neath@brazil.psych.purdue.edu (Ian Neath) writes:
- >Speaking of the map, does anyone know of any sources for latitude and
- >longitude info other than old fashioned printed atlases? A database
- >with this info would be very useful: Only 1 city in which I have
- >lived is built into the map.
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- For U.S. locations, the best method I can think of is to locate a USGS
- topographical map for the area you're interested in, and read off the
- latitude and longitude from the edges of the map, interpolating if
- necessary. A school the size of Purdue should have a decent collection
- of USGS maps somewhere.
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- > Ian Neath, PhD | There are four kinds of people in this world:
- >neath@psych.purdue.edu | cretins, fools, morons and lunatics - U. Eco
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- Jon Bell / Dept. of Physics & Computer Science / Presbyterian College
- Clinton SC USA / email: jtbell@presby.edu
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