+jpamusher Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 I`m posting this topic here as it seems the only appropriate spot in the forums. I was hiking recently at Island Beach State Park in NJ and tried to find a cache at co ordinates N39 46.644 W074 06.889(cache is archived but I had found it back in 09 and just wanted to visit the unique location again). Anyway,when I got home I was curious what the map location would be if I kept the cache coordinates the same but simply changed N to S. I did this and my GPS shows a point on the W coast of Argentina. Shouldn`t the point be on the E coast somewhere on a line directly south from NJ? Quote Link to comment
+wmpastor Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 Take a look at a world map. Compared to North America, South America is shifted quite a bit eastward - so what you observed makes sense. Quote Link to comment
+The Cheeseheads Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 Changing the coordinates on this thread to place it ion the correct forum. Quote Link to comment
+Chief301 Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 Take a look at a world map. Compared to North America, South America is shifted quite a bit eastward - so what you observed makes sense. ^^^ This The east coast of the United States is along roughly the same lines of longitude as the west coast of South America. Quote Link to comment
+tozainamboku Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 Where's the west coast of Argentina? Quote Link to comment
+Gitchee-Gummee Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 Where's the west coast of Argentina? Wondered that meself..... Quote Link to comment
+Chief301 Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 Where's the west coast of Argentina? Apparently due south of New Jersey 😊 Quote Link to comment
+Chief301 Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 Ah, OK, looked closer at the map....I get it now. ☺️ Quote Link to comment
+The A-Team Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 Where's the west coast of Argentina? Wondered that meself..... It's a very dry coast... ...and high! Quote Link to comment
+Oxford Stone Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 The more you stare at maps (X is due N/S/E/W of Y; A is equidistant from B and C) the more you realise that if you drew a map freehand you'd be way out. I just sketched the Americas, even having read this, and my far W of S America (in Peru / Ecuador) was due S of New Orleans whereas in reality it's due S of Florida. Draw a Prague - Vienna - Budapest triangle and then look it up. Vienna = Western Europe = furthest west, right? Wrong! I've been to 2 spots in the old Yugoslavia - the capitals of Slovenia and Macedonia. But Ljubljana is as close to eastern France as it is to Skopje, which in turn is as close to the coast of Libya as it is to Ljubljana. Etc etc... Happy map-gazing! Quote Link to comment
+fizzymagic Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 Once you're OK with the fact that Los Angeles is northwest of London, you can consider yourself familiar with the coordinate system. Quote Link to comment
+The Cheeseheads Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 Once you're OK with the fact that Los Angeles is northwest of London, you can consider yourself familiar with the coordinate system. Wait... What? The UK's latitude is in the 50s. Quote Link to comment
+tozainamboku Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 Once you're OK with the fact that Los Angeles is northwest of London, you can consider yourself familiar with the coordinate system. Wait... What? The UK's latitude is in the 50s. It's fun to live on a sphere. But I still don't understand why the Australians don't fall off. Quote Link to comment
+funkymunkyzone Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 Where's the west coast of Argentina? Wondered that meself..... It's a very dry coast... ...and high! Argentina does indeed have a small section of west coast, and I'm sure this is what they meant... Quote Link to comment
+funkymunkyzone Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 It's fun to live on a sphere. But I still don't understand why the Australians don't fall off. If only... Then us New Zealanders would have more room to park our cars. Quote Link to comment
+Don_J Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 Where's the west coast of Argentina? Chile out dude! Quote Link to comment
+Bundyrumandcoke Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 Once you're OK with the fact that Los Angeles is northwest of London, you can consider yourself familiar with the coordinate system. Wait... What? The UK's latitude is in the 50s. It's fun to live on a sphere. But I still don't understand why the Australians don't fall off. We don't fall off, because we're on top of the world. But you have to come to Oz to find that out. Quote Link to comment
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