Subject: Re: Silly way to waste bits.
To: None <netbsd-users@netbsd.org>
From: David Laight <david@l8s.co.uk>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 08/05/2003 08:10:01
> 
> Anyway, I thought that when the terms "longitude" and "lattitude" were
> used, one was always refering to the "traditional" system (someplace
> in Greenwich at longitude 0, the equator at lattitude 0; I don't know
> where they place the center of the earth for defining angles phi & theta).

For a discussion about why there are multiple lat/long systems try:
http://www.gps.gov.uk/guidecontents.asp

	David

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David Laight: david@l8s.co.uk