"Paul Tomblin" wrote in message
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In a previous article, "S Narayan"
said:
"Paul Tomblin" wrote in message
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In a previous article, "S Narayan"
said:
"Paul Tomblin" wrote in message
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Actually Adak is at +176.6460306 and Casco Cove is at -173. But even
if
Adak was at -176 and Casco Cove was at -173 in my coordinate system (W
is
positive), Casco would still be further west than Adak.
I took your earlier categorical statement of +176 for Adak and -173 for
Attu
and applied it in the standard convention. I apologise for not checking
the

Why didn't you look at the end of the sentence, where I said that "W is
positive"? You know, if you're going to argue with somebody's point, you
really should read the whole sentence you're arguing with.


I apologised. You want me to get down on my knees :-) ?

I don't quite understand why you use this convention. Is it because it
simplifies the use in a spreadsheet?