On Tue, 2002-04-16 at 11:38, Jonathan E. Paton wrote: > > [..] > > >> Missile Address: 33:48:3.521N 84:23:34.786W > > > > > > By the way, what is the Missile Address? > > > > that is the lattitude and longitude of where the server > > is suppose to be located - an old habit from the UUNET > > entries into the UUMAPS - that has held on by some.... > > > > in essence, if you really want to 'do me in' this is > > the general area to target the missile. > > In those days of handheld GPS systems, you could easily > find someone's neighbourhood using missile addresses. > Try this: > > http://www.mapquest.com/maps/latlong.adp > > or more precisely: > > >http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?latlongtype=degrees&latdeg=33&latmin=48&latsec=3&longdeg=-84&longmin=23&longsec=34 > > Mental note: Must try this sometime to drop in unexpected > to visit somebody you've never met outside of the virtual > world :) > > Jonathan Paton
It is amazing what a difference a few tenths of a second make. Your URL is about 60 miles off the mark. This is a better link (uses decimal long./lat. instead of degrees:minutes:seconds). http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?latlongtype=decimal&latitude=33.80097&longitude=-084.3929 Zoom all the way in and flip to the aerial photo for a nice shot of my office's roof. The photo appears to be about a year to a year and a half old (they built some buildings across the street). Hit south 6 times and you can see my apartment building. -- Today is Sweetmorn the 33rd day of Discord in the YOLD 3168 Or not. Missile Address: 33:48:3.521N 84:23:34.786W -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
