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Old June 17th 05, 08:03 PM
Nathan Young
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On Thu, 16 Jun 2005 18:33:19 -0400, "Icebound"
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This is from 2003 so it may be old for some of you....

When ferrying from the West Coast to New Zealand, what happens when you
program some key waypoints as Longitude WEST, instead of Longitude EAST in
the vicinity of the dateline.

http://www.tsb.gc.ca/en/publications..._sec2.asp#over


An interesting read that show the value of MOVING map GPS vs. a
lat/long display and CDI course display.

-Nathan

 




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