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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>One thing is sure is that those are bad
coordinates because of the lack of projection systems and datum. Keep in
mind that latitude (usually refer to Y) values do not exceed 90 degree or (90x60)
4500 minute or 324,000 (90x3600) seconds. </span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>There is a good chance that the numbers
were entered by a high school intern.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Good luck</span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>-----Original Message-----<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>From:</span></b> shrug-l-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us
[mailto:shrug-l-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us] <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>William B. Porter<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Monday, April 30, 2007 4:37
PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> Brandt, Holli;
shrug-l@lists.dep.state.fl.us<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> RE: shrug-l: coordinates</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>I don't believe you can
divine the source from the numbers as written. </span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>The apostrophe
[indicating feet?] may be a typo or translation error from Unix to Windows.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>The same numbers are used
in UTM and state plane grids all over the world. That's pretty much the
purpose of numbers and Cartesian coordinate grids. There is nothing that
makes these numbers unique to Florida, Canada or Iraq</span></font></p>
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<p style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=1 color="#003300" face="Comic Sans MS"><span
style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#003300'>William
Porter </span></font><font size=1 face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-size:
7.5pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'><a href="mailto:William.porter@famu.edu">William.porter@famu.edu</a></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:green'>GIS/GPS Application
Coordinator </span></font><font size=1 face="Comic Sans MS"><span
style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>850 412 5598</span></font></p>
<p style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=1 face="Comic Sans MS"><span
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style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:maroon'>1601 S. ML
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.5in'><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>
shrug-l-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us
[mailto:shrug-l-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us] <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Brandt, Holli<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Monday, April 30, 2007 2:26
PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> shrug-l@lists.dep.state.fl.us<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> shrug-l: coordinates</span></font></p>
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face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=black
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'>Hello
Shruggers –</span></font></p>
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face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=black
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'>I
am sure one of you out there can help me to figure this out so that I do not
have to spend any more time than necessary on it, especially since I
don’t have any more time.</span></font></p>
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face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'> </span></font></p>
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face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=black
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'>What
format are these coordinates in?</span></font></p>
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face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Lat (X coordinate)
2,447'064.00</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Long (Y coordinate)
9,632'845.00</span></font></p>
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face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'> </span></font></p>
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face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=black
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'>And
how do I get them to DMS?</span></font></p>
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face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'> </span></font></p>
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face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=black
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'>Thanks
– Holli </span></font></p>
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