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From: jc@piaget.UUCP
Newsgroups: news.admin
Subject: Re: sites with bad #L fields in map entry
Message-ID: <408@piaget.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 19-May-87 11:20:29 EDT
Article-I.D.: piaget.408
Posted: Tue May 19 11:20:29 1987
Date-Received: Thu, 21-May-87 01:30:32 EDT
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Reply-To: jc@piaget.UUCP (John Cornelius, System Manager)
Organization: International Widget
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In article <9904@decwrl.DEC.COM> reid@decwrl.UUCP (Brian Reid) writes:
 >In article <366@hqda-ai.UUCP> merlin@hqda-ai.UUCP (David S. Hayes) writes:
 >
 >>From: merlin@hqda-ai.UUCP (David S. Hayes)
 >>Subject: Re: sites with bad #L fields in map entry
 >>Organization: Army AI Center, Pentagon
 >>     Something that I found useful in the past.  To try to find
 >>your exact lattitude or longitude, call the local airport. ...
 >>		....
 >Wow! Imagine! the Pentagon calling the airport to find out where they are.
 >I love it!
 >
 >Actually, David's idea is a good one. You can also call city planning
 >bureaus and zoning agencies, TV stations (engineering staff), etc. Lots
 >of local governmental agencies know right where they are and will be happy to
 >tell you.

Lastly, you can always go to a local flight school or fixed base
operation (a place that parks and fuels small aircraft) and buy a
Sectional Chart for your area.  It costs $2.50 and has latitude
and longitude marked on the edges.  Major freeways are generally
indicated on the charts so you should be able to pin it down
pretty closely.  If you want to save the $2.50 look in the trash
can for an expired one.  Chances are that the latitude and
longitude haven't changed (except in California of course).

The Pentagon gets a win here, however, since they're virtually
across the street from National Airport.  Their latitude/longitude 
couldn't be off by more than a couple of minutes which is quite
sufficient for the USNET map.
-- 
John Cornelius
(...!sdcsvax!piaget!jc)