I think somebody may find the following info useful. I recently discovered that I can get easily get coordinates (D.DDDD and D/M/S) and altitude of any location in the US (including Alaska and Hawaii) from the seamless topographic maps available at http://www.topozone.com/. I find the spot I'm interested in, whether it be on a country road or whatever and set the option for the type of coordinates I want. That setting is along the bottom of the map. Then I click on a spot on the map and I can read off the coordinates along the map's top. Another bonus is that the actual cursor location is given at the lower left of the computer screen. It changes rapidly as I move it around. I often choose to capture the screen using "Alt, Print Scrn" then paste the image either directly to a word document or to Paint first. I prefer this over any "download method." As a bonus the topo maps include altitude above sea level. The contour interval with the 1:25,000 maps is 10 feet. Have a look! Tom Iowa USA ----------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from SeeSat-L, send a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@satobs.org List archived at http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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