On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 12:50, klaatu <kla...@earthops.org> wrote:
> On Thu, 6 Jan 2011, Tom Browder wrote:
>
>>
>>> Mapping thus:
>>> http://www.aspenhillnet.net/map/googlemaps/alltracts1.php
>>> Looking at the dark grey line to the left of the tracts maps, plotting
>>
>> What starting lat/long did you use for that erroneous line segment?
>>
>> And what ending lat/long did you get using his calculator?
>
> 39.097 (N), 77.107 (W), bearing 110 range 1452.
>
> Results, as formatted: 39:5.7382 (N), 77:6.1316 (W)
>
> As I converted them into googlemap:  GLatLng(39.09875, -77.10311)

I used python to do the minutes conversions to degrees:

>>> 5.7382 / 60.
0.09563666666666666
>>> 6.1316 / 60.
0.10219333333333333
>>>

As you can see I got something different.

I haven't checked further, but my resulting point is west and south of
yours (and south of the beginning point).

-Tom

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