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what is the difference in feet from w 074 03.500 to w 074 03.501 or say from 03.500 to 03.600


 

Hi one minute of longitude equals a distance of anywhere between 0" to 6087' depending also on on your latitude go to grid on the www.ericcloninger.com/geocaching/grid_1deg.php

there are other links to explain lats and lons to you

remember you are moving on an elipitical sphere her!!!

 

keep smiling and enjoy the life we have been given

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quote:
Originally posted by bigbill6:

what is the difference in feet from w 074 03.500 to w 074 03.501 or say from 03.500 to 03.600


 

yeah this is me again

I knew I had seen this type of question before go to the the topic- GPS Education and look for GPS Math

and then go to EraSeek and there is a bunch of links to sites that will explain some of this, one site which I already quoted to you.

geosmiles to you and have fun

 

keep smiling and enjoy the life we have been given

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