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Re: Lat/Lon by "Noon Sun" & The Noon Fix PROVE IT
From: James N Wilson
Date: 2009 May 12, 11:42 -0700
From: James N Wilson
Date: 2009 May 12, 11:42 -0700
Brad: You're being too kind, in that I had one good example and one horrible one. The average isn't good. But, I offered to Dave that I needed to go over my transcription of George's text data into my spreadsheet, since his results for the second data set were good. I've done that now, and got quite a surprise. I translated the times for the first set, since they were not in a format that could be used directly. Then, I assumed that all succeeding sets would be the same. But the second was quite different! The first set went from 12:50 to 12:59, with times at one minute intervals thereafter. The second set went 12:50 to 13:10, followed by times at one minute intervals. So, I need to use the correct times. Oh, the folly of assumptions! I just re-did the second set of data with the above times, and the Longitude comes out 10�49.3'W, much closer. Whew! Jim Wilson ____________________________________________________________ The difference is clear. Click now for a great laminating machine! --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Navigation List archive: www.fer3.com/arc To post, email NavList@fer3.com To , email NavList-@fer3.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---