To make sure I didn't - I copied and pasted...
Here is a quoting of the most recent interchange between us:
September 11 by New York Admin (0 found)
I'm sorry, I wish I could publish this cache for you but I checked and double checked your final location and it still appears to be at the entrance to Griffis Air Force Base.
New York Admin
Volunteer cache reviewer
Geocaching.com
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September 2 by geojohn23 (52 found)
j.will@ieee.org said the following on 8/30/2005 9:18 PM:
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> I am using the standard GPS "HDDD MM.MM" WGS84 Datum format coordinates. If you go to (visit link) and enter N43 19.076 W075 47.604 in the search box for the WGS84 datum format and then map this location, you will get:
> (visit link) which you should see is the approximately 20 miles from Griffiss (note that Griffiss AFB and Griffiss Business and Technology Park are one and the same location since the Strategic Air Command pulled out several years ago).
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> So to be clear: N43deg 19.076min is the same as lat=43.31793deg that the geocaching site shows in the getmap url (because 0.31793deg * 60 min/deg = 19.076min) and W075deg 47.604min is the same as long=-75.7934 (because 0.7934deg * 60 min/deg = 47.604min). And this is the location of the final cache.
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> In trying to understand what coordinates you may be using, if you had entered the WGS84 Datum format coordinates as decimal lat/long, then you may have entered the coordinates as lat=43.19076, long=-75.47604, and you would find a location much closer to Griffiss, but still about 2 miles away.
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> Please re-check how you are using the coordinates given. I have double and triple-checked from my end.
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> New York said the following on 8/30/2005 8:01 PM:
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>> I'm sorry but giving the possibility of a typo the coordinates you gave me for the final (N43 19.076 W075 47.604) are on Griffiss Air Base. The link you provided in your email is that of Griffiss Business and Technology Park.
>> Somehow something here isn't right and I suspect we are both using different coordinates. Please check the coordinates for your final cache.
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>> New York Admin
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