[thelist] Longitude conversion

[spinhead]

Sorry for the lack of detail, but there are airline tables that do this, and
I've seen the math but don't remember it. Perhaps a google search from that
perspective. Ah; just remembered another bit - I learned this in a telecom
class. The telcos use the same tables to determine the length of your T-1 to
make sure they're not undercharging you.

spinhead


----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Bennett" <richard.bennett at skynet.be>
To: <thelist at lists.evolt.org>
Sent: Friday, December 07, 2001 3:01 AM
Subject: [thelist] Longitude conversion


> Hi,
> Can anyone help with this,
> I want to translate the difference between two Lon/Lat coords into feet.
>
> I understand that 1 minute latitude is 6080 feet.
> And that 1 minute Longitude will be less than this, depending on how far
> from the pole it is.
>
> Does anyone know the formula to determine this?
>
> Thanks,
> Richard.
>
>
>
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