Is there a way to place the conversion from Lat & Long to V&H though. Our
system uses this set up in locating. Do not like it that much, creates to
much extra paper work for the field personnel.
Richard Takacs
Project Manager
Adelphia Business Solutions
1180 Sathers Drive
Pittston, Pa 18643
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tracy Waldon [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, August 02, 1999 3:53 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: MI v AND h COORDINATES
>
> It's AT&T's coordinate sysstem for billing LD calls. So you must either
> have switch locations or rate centers. Cartographic coordinate systems
> are
> not something I'm strong on, but basically it is a conversion so that you
> can use the Pythagorean Theorem to easily calculate distance between two
> points. It's good for Continental US and Southern Canada. But for
> Alaska,
> Hawaii, and I suspect N. Canada, the conversion is inaccurate. By no
> means is the accuracy of any location at the street level.
>
> I had planned (am planning?) on writing a MapBasic program to convert V &
> H
> to Lat & Long, so I have a bit of code I found on the web w.r.t. the
> conversion. Be happy to pass it along, but an easier solution is
> available. Telcordia (aka BellCore) sells a small app that converts it to
> Lat and Long.
>
> T
>
>
> At 11:06 AM 7/30/99 -0600, you wrote:
> >Hello all,
> >
> > I have recieved a file that has two columns one called V_coordinates
> >and one Called H_coordinates across Canada I have no idea as to what
> >coordinate system this is in
> >
> >eg.
> >
> >v cordinate
> >4,239
> >h coordinate
> >2,160
> >
> >
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