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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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