| Mailinglist: | wwp@yahoogroups.com |
| Sender: | Carl von Einem |
| Date/Time: | 2004-Oct-05 06:14:00 |
| Subject: | Re: GPS and maps: Noticed some oddities.. |
Markus, this is really nice! how about an optional close-up for every continent, that might solve the overlaying points issue. in http://www.panoramas.de/panoramas/wwpmap/ the town of Essen has been moved to Southern France! ;-) http://geoimages.berkeley.edu/wwp904/html/TomStriewisch.html Tom's GPS coordinates are correct for Essen: Lat: 51:26:24N (51.44) Lon: 7:00:14E (7.0039) best, Carl From: "Markus Altendorff" <#removed#> > > I'm currently typing the new GPS values into my map (not yet online), and noticed > just a few oddities: > > http://geoimages.berkeley.edu/wwp904/html/GuillaumeFulchiron.html > The "West" doesn't seem right - this would put the bridge somewhere in the Atlantic > ;-) guess it's supposed to be "East"? This would place it near Switzerland. > > http://geoimages.berkeley.edu/wwp904/html/BirgerBorgwardt.html > Maybe the first digit of the GPS ("N") got lost? at 6 deg. north, it's somewhere in > Africa ;-) using 56 degrees, it's near the middle of Denmark. > > Maps are fun! > > -Markus >