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From: minow@mountn.dec.com (Martin Minow)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: Is Map cdev info available?
Summary: Yes.
Keywords: Map cdev
Message-ID: <993@mountn.dec.com>
Date: 24 Oct 89 12:34:59 GMT
References: <1989Oct24.013643.11768@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU>
Reply-To: minow@mountn.dec.com (Martin Minow)
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Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
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In article <1989Oct24.013643.11768@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU>
rcfische@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU (Raymond C. Fischer) asks about
the Map cdev database.

The information is in the recent update to the ScriptManager (it was
sent with a Tech Note distribution earlier this year).  You can also
read my article in the September MacTutor, which gives the format and
shows how the information can be unpacked.  Essentially, latitude
and longitude are expressed as 32-bit fractions of a circle, while
the timezone offset is a signed 24-bit "seconds East of UTC" (the
upper 8 bits are reserved for daylight savings time).

Martin Minow
minow@thundr.enet.dec.com