At 10:51 +1100 02/12/4, Pat Naughtin wrote:
Dear Louis,Thanks very much for this information. You remind me of a story I heard of a poet (name forgotten) who found himself in a Master of Business Administration program at Harvard. He said the experience was like wanting a sip of water to moisten his throat and they supplied him with a high-pressure fire hose (of information). However, that said, I enjoyed reading the web page you supplied - it was fascinating but I couldn't figure out this reference: X coordinate (m) : +4203644 (m) Y coordinate (m) : +162934 (m) Z coordinate (m) : +4778193 (m) In particular, where is the datum for these numbers? Do you know what these numbers mean?
Not really. I found the referred web site simply by typing on a Google search page "S�vres longitude". From the context of the page, I understand that the coordinates given are those of a GPS station (beacon ?) installed in 1998 in the BIPM premises at S�vres. Anyway, it was intellectually refreshing. Louis
