I'm very new to mapping and have a few questions about the coordinate system.
1. On http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geographic_coordinate_system, it states that "Baltimore, Maryland (in the USA) has a latitude of 39.3° North, and a longitude of 76.6° West." Why was North and West coordinates used to describe this location? Couldn't it have been described in terms of South and West or South and East? 2. Assume I have a bunch of latitude and longitude locations in my database. Given North, East, West, and South coordinates, how could I return all the map points that fall within the boundaries of those 4 given coordinates? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Maps API" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Maps-API?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
