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Re: GPS and Jules Verne

From: <jverne~at~portugalmail.pt>
Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2008 16:31:13 +0000
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Harry, The Greenwich Meridian established in October 1884. But before Jules's GPS locations are based on the Paris meridan.

Fred

Citando Harry Hayfield <harryhayfield~at~googlemail.com>:

> BlankI would like to know just how accurate Jules's GPS locations are. The
> reason I am asking is that I remember there was quite a discussion about the
> accuracy of the GPS co-ordinates for Stones Hill and wondered if this
> applied to all GPS locations Jules writes about. As I am sure everyone knows
> when referring to Stones Hill he says:
>
> This spot is situated eighteen hundred feet above the level of the sea, in
> 27~at~ 7' N. lat. and 5@ 7' W. long. of the meridian of Washington. It appears
> to me by its rocky and barren character to offer all the conditions
> requisite for our experiment. On that plain will be raised our magazines,
> workshops, furnaces, and workmen's huts; and here, from this very spot,"
> said he, stamping his foot on the summit of Stones Hill, "hence shall our
> projectile take its flight into the regions of the Solar World
>
> If I understand it correctly he means 27° 7' North of the Equator and 5° 7'
> West of Washington DC the only problem with that is it's just to the north
> of the Bahamas! So therefore when Jules quotes GPS locations are they based
> on the Greenwich meridian or the Paris meridan?
>
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