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Old 08-21-2011, 09:49 AM   #3
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I assume you provided only the west longitude change data in degrees, decimal minutes.

I picked an arbitrary point
Point 1
43 deg 32.583 min N
-71 deg 15.319 min W

And then assumed westerly movement to:
Point 2
43 32.583
-71 15.321

And then more west to:
Point 3
43 32.583
-71 15.359

Using the coordinate transformation to get the UTM easterly:
http://www.rcn.montana.edu/resources...ordinates.aspx

The easterlies are:
Point 1: 317,798 meters
Point 2: 317,795 meters or 3 meters west of point 1
Point 3: 317,774 meters or 24 meters west of point 1

Again assuming no keyboard errors on my part and remembering that the conversion to UTM is rounded to nearest meter.

Of course the distance per minute of longitude is a function of how far north of the equator you are:
http://www.hypernews.org/HyperNews/g...SAR/291/1.html

Last edited by Slickcraft; 08-21-2011 at 11:32 AM. Reason: add last note
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