Mike N
(Verified CFHC User)
Mon Jul 11 2005 05:12 AM
Re: Tropical Depression Five Forms In Central Atlantic

Thanks Clark. Never knew it was so involved. Now I'll have to get a new calculator to do cosine's...ha ha

Could you explain further about why latitude is based on degrees/minutes/seconds.
After reading it twice I got all the other but still can't figure that one out.



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