[AZ-Observing] Re: Cherry Road Site - Lat and Long?
- From: "Richard Harshaw" <rharshaw2@xxxxxxx>
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- Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2010 15:22:20 -0700
Why not have Peter add it to the web page as a download?
Richard Harshaw
Cave Creek, Arizona
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Subject: [AZ-Observing] Re: Cherry Road Site - Lat and Long?
If anyone is interested, I have an excel file of all the observing sites SAC
uses.
It has the gps coordinates in three formats (dd mm.mmm, dd.dddd and dd mm
as. Also included is elevation.
The measurements were obtained directly with my Garmin Vista HCX
Say the word and I'll forward it along.
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Rick Tejera
Editor, SACnews
Saguaro Astronomy Club
www.saguaroastro.org
K7TEJ
On Jun 30, 2010, at 14:56, Tim Jones <tjmac@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Jun 30, 2010, at 1:57 PM, Victor Herrero wrote:
>
>> Hi Tim, and All,
>>> Re: It appears that the WGS84 only adds flattening to the equation to
take
>>> into account elevation
>>
>> No, changing the Geodetic Datum changes all coordinates, lat long and
>> elevation.
>
> Hmm, I'll need to read that PDF further. However, since the values
(decimal and deg/min/sec) used were based on a specific GPS value physically
attained ar the site, would there have been a difference between the
location via the GPS coordinates and the site's WGS84 values (unlike the
140M used in the diving example)?
>
>>> Re: But, we didn't have the decimal values at that time :-)...
>>
>> I gave the decimal values to find the site next week end, and in the
future.
>
> Right - Dick, can someone add these to the Cherry II site coordinates? (
34.51556, -112.08500 ). Might also be a good idea to remove the references
to Cherry I.
>
> Tim
>
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