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From: scotty@l5comp.UUCP
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Subject: Re: sites with bad #L fields in map entry
Message-ID: <134@l5comp.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 19-May-87 06:25:42 EDT
Article-I.D.: l5comp.134
Posted: Tue May 19 06:25:42 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 23-May-87 02:21:11 EDT
References: <1075@mit-amt.MEDIA.MIT.EDU> <2261@dciem.UUCP> <366@hqda-ai.UUCP>
Reply-To: scotty@l5comp.UUCP (Scott Turner)
Organization: L5 Computing, Edmonds, WA
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Summary: Another way to fill in that #L entry.

In article <366@hqda-ai.UUCP> merlin@hqda-ai.UUCP (David S. Hayes) writes:
>
>     Something that I found useful in the past.  To try to find
>your exact lattitude or longitude, call the local airport.  They
>have their exact location (it gets published in pilot's
>navigational guides).  That, plus the fudge factors listed in the
>instructions and a local map, should enable you figure your exact
Actually it's not all that hard to visit either of two locations:
1. Local county seat and pull the county's plots for your location. In most
states I've ever heard of any land transactions have to have a plot filed
and these plots reference latitude and longitude. This is what I did and I
feel comfortable in saying 'send tac nuke there' and not having to worry
about a slow death :-).
2. Visit nearest federal repository library for the U.S. Geological survey
map on your site.

Neither method is all that rough and sure beats fudging it and having those
that print maps wonder what you're doing with your site in the middle of a
lake? :)

But seriously, I get the feeling from looking at the listings that most sites
don't take #L seriously. If the U.S. is ever pverthrown or computers outlawed
we wouldn't want people looking for us in the wrong place now would we??? Some
poor innocent 'Apple //e a-float' might suffer a horrible demise because you
listed your site incorrectly. :-)

Scott Turner

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