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Subject: Re: FW: Re: what is your advice?
From: "Larry Conklin" lconklin@............
Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2004 11:54:56 -0400
Another very good mapping program that includes Lat/Lon measuring =
capability is the Delorme Street Atlas USA. It is a great program and =
well worth the price, but like the Microsoft program it covers the US =
only.
Larry Conklin
----- Original Message -----=20
From: John or Jan Lahr=20
To: psn-l@.................
Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2004 11:34 AM
Subject: Re: FW: Re: what is your advice?
At 11:16 PM 7/20/2004, Chris C. wrote:
As far as I can see, the Lat/Long search option has now been removed =
from Mapquest.=20
=20
The Microsoft Streets and Trips CD only gives information for =
the USA and parts of Canada.=20
=20
Has anyone got a reference for a world wide map programme which =
you can use with Lat + Long?
I've listed four web sites that will help in finding coordinates:
http://jclahr.com/science/psn/coordinates/=20
Only one includes any coverage outside of the US, and that is =
http://terraserver.com/ .
Unfortunately they have started limiting the resolution of their free =
images, and they do
not have complete global coverage.
If anyone knows of any other sites from which ones coordinates can be =
determined,
please let me know and I'll add a link to my site.
Cheers,
John Lahr
Another very good mapping program that includes =
Lat/Lon=20
measuring capability is the Delorme Street Atlas USA. It is a =
great=20
program and well worth the price, but like the Microsoft program it =
covers the=20
US only.
Larry Conklin
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2004 =
11:34=20
AM
Subject: Re: FW: Re: what is =
your=20
advice?
At 11:16 PM 7/20/2004, Chris C. wrote:
As far as I can see, =
the Lat/Long=20
search option has now been removed from Mapquest.=20
The Microsoft Streets and Trips CD =
only=20
gives information for the USA and parts of Canada.=20
Has anyone got a reference for a =
world wide=20
map programme which you can use with Lat + =
Long?
I've listed=20
four web sites that will help in finding coordinates:
http://jclahr.com/science/psn/coordinates/ =
Only=20
one includes any coverage outside of the US, and that is http://terraserver.com/=20
.
Unfortunately they have started limiting the resolution of their =
free=20
images, and they do
not have complete global coverage.
If =
anyone=20
knows of any other sites from which ones coordinates can be=20
determined,
please let me know and I'll add a link to my=20
site.
Cheers,
John Lahr
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