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32.866436,-114.385992

On 3/3/2012 11:59 AM, Quaalude wrote:
32.866436,-114.385992

It's a latitude and a longitude

If NORTH, it's in the Arizona desert near Yuma.

If SOUTH, it's in the middle of the South Pacific
approx halfway between Chile & New Zealand

GrtArtiste

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GrtArtiste wrote:

On 3/3/2012 11:59 AM, Quaalude wrote:
32.866436,-114.385992

It's a latitude and a longitude

If NORTH, it's in the Arizona desert near Yuma.

If SOUTH, it's in the middle of the South Pacific
approx halfway between Chile & New Zealand

GrtArtiste

A taxiway on Laguna Army Airfield, Yuma, AZ.

Quaalude wrote in news:jitikl$dtt$1
@speranza.aioe.org:

32.866436,-114.385992

32.866436N 114.385992W
Laguna AAF (LGF)
Yuma Proving Ground, AZ

32.866436N 114.385992E
Dashenzhuang,China

32.866436S 114.385992E
water of the west coast of Australia

32.866436S 114.385992W
Water in the South Pacific

Quaalude writes:

32.866436,-114.385992

Latitude and longitude coordinates. Aviation systems often express these in
degrees and decimal fractions of a degree, intead of degrees, minutes, and
seconds. Some systems also use degrees, minutes, and fractions of a minute.
There are several variations.

Negative longitude (second number) means west, positive east. Positive
latitude means north, negative south.

Those particular coordinates correspond to the Yuma AAF Proving Ground (KLGF),
in Arizona, USA.

GrtArtiste wrote:
On 3/3/2012 11:59 AM, Quaalude wrote:
32.866436,-114.385992

It's a latitude and a longitude

If NORTH, it's in the Arizona desert near Yuma.

If SOUTH, it's in the middle of the South Pacific
approx halfway between Chile & New Zealand

GrtArtiste

The convention is north latitude and east longitude are positive numbers,
south latitude and weat longitude are negative numbers.

On Sat, 3 Mar 2012 11:59:24 -0500, Quaalude wrote:

32.866436,-114.385992

Yes, thank you I am very aware it is a lat/long. Did anyone actually
search Google Maps/Earth for the view?

Quaalude wrote in news:jj099j$p69$1
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On Sat, 3 Mar 2012 11:59:24 -0500, Quaalude wrote:

32.866436,-114.385992

Yes, thank you I am very aware it is a lat/long. Did anyone actually
search Google Maps/Earth for the view?


Did YOU bother to read the answers ?

I saw at least three that gave the name of the place...

On Sun, 4 Mar 2012 12:38:20 -0500, Quaalude wrote in :

32.866436,-114.385992

Yes, thank you I am very aware it is a lat/long. Did anyone actually
search Google Maps/Earth for the view?

I don't know.

Orville Fairbairn seems to have answered your question
perfectly. Did you actually read his post?

On Sat, 03 Mar 2012 13:09:16 -0500, Orval Fairbairn wrote in
:

A taxiway on Laguna Army Airfield, Yuma, AZ.

Marty
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On Sun, 04 Mar 2012 12:24:54 -0600, John Szalay wrote:

Quaalude wrote in news:jj099j$p69$1
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On Sat, 3 Mar 2012 11:59:24 -0500, Quaalude wrote:

32.866436,-114.385992

Yes, thank you I am very aware it is a lat/long. Did anyone actually
search Google Maps/Earth for the view?


Did YOU bother to read the answers ?

I saw at least three that gave the name of the place...

I see you didn't search the lat/long either sigh

Anyone?