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From: Victor C Tsai <[email protected]>
Date: Mar 15, 2011
Subject: Re: EHP Website Email - Map Scale
To: [email protected]
1 degree of latitude is always approximately 111km. At 40degrees latitude, 1 degree of longitude is approximately 85km. The map linked is therefore approximately 1110km by 850km.
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To: [email protected]
From: <[email protected]>
Date: 03/15/2011 10:23AM
cc: [email protected]
Subject: EHP Website Email - Map Scale
URL: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/contactus/menloloc.php
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What is the Map scale for the web maps.... http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Maps/10/140_40.php In kilometers/cm, please.
