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Re: VE itineraries

From: Garmt de Vries <G.deVries~at~phys.uu.nl>
Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2001 21:42:54 +0200 (MET DST)
To: Jules Verne Forum <jvf~at~math.technion.ac.il>

On Fri, 6 Jul 2001, Sean Chamberlin wrote:

> Funny, I just finished yesterday a three-week project going through 20K in
> which I pulled out the positions of Nautilus at various points in the
> journey.

Excellent timing, Sean! A journey with a lot of locations, that I hadn't
gathered yet.

> In any case, below you will find my preliminary data. Feel free to use them
> in any way.

Very good. I'll add them asap.

> Your map is terrific! I'm more than happy to supply as much data as you need
> to get 20K up there as my 300 students next semester would find your map
> invaluable.

OK, that' one novel I won't have to worry about anymore :)

> Any chance of doing waypoints, i.e. plotting part of the journey at a time
> to follow the Nautilus as it moves through the novel?

Nice idea. That wold require an animated gif, I guess. I don't have much
experience with those, but this is a good opportunity to learn. To be
considered...

Thanks,
Garmt.

> Position #12: 16º 17' W and 33º 22' N (Atlantis)
> Position #13: 45º 37' S , 37º 53W (Sargasso Sea)

I notice that sometimes you give (lat,lon) and sometimes (lon,lat). Is
this Verne's notation?
Received on Fri 06 Jul 2001 - 22:43:05 IDT

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