Path: utzoo!censor!becker!bdb
From: bdb@becker.UUCP (Bruce Becker)
Newsgroups: can.uucp
Subject: Re: please clean up your uucp map forms
Message-ID: <196@becker.UUCP>
Date: 5 Jan 89 19:25:23 GMT
References: <89Jan3.211712est.38118@neat.ai.toronto.edu> <1340@dretor.dciem.dnd.ca>
Reply-To: bdb@becker.UUCP (Bruce Becker)
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Organization: G. T. S., Toronto, Ontario
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In article <1340@dretor.dciem.dnd.ca> chk@dretor.dciem.dnd.ca (C. Harald Koch) writes:
>In article <89Jan3.211712est.38118@neat.ai.toronto.edu> rayan@ai.toronto.edu (Rayan Zachariassen) writes:
>[ lots of stuff ]
>>- if you don't know your latitude/longitude, try interpolating based on
>>  nearby UUCP sites, or ask your local library, airport, or city hall.
>>  (I have heard interesting stories of people's reactions when asked
>>     "Where are you?" or "Where am I?", so don't get discouraged!)
>
>Other solutions: Obtain a GPS receiver and ask it where you are while standing
>next to your computer. (GPS = Global Positioning System, a US military
>satellite system for accurate positioning data.)
>
>Here is a way to find a rough approximation:
> [ explanation deleted ]

	In the city of Toronto, & likely other places as well,
	the Survey Department has installed brass markers,
	mostly in the sidewalks, which indicate known survey
	reference points, and which if I'm not mistaken are
	marked with the latitude & longitude on them.

	Harald's useful method outght to work for a few
	kilometers without much problem - certainly close
	enough for pathalias map usage. So once you have
	an accurate known point, even a Perly's map might
	be sufficient...

>C. Harald Koch		NTT Systems, Inc., Toronto, Ontario
>chk@zorac.dciem.dnd.ca, chk@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu, chk@chkent.UUCP
>"I give you my phone number. If you worry, call me. I'll make you happy."

Cheers,
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