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Old 06-13-07, 09:48 AM   #63
Mav87th
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Originally Posted by don1reed
Time to Arc conversion: 7 min. converts to ~1° 30'.

...134° 60' (same as 135°)
.....-1° 30'
...133° 30' This is my computed Longitude, however, I know I'm really located just 11 nm east, at 133-41E.
Don could you explain your Time to Arc conversion. When i do that the 7 min's become:

15 deg/60 min = 0.25 deg / min ~ 1 deg = 4 min

7*0.25 = 1,75 ~ 1 deg 45' (60*0,75)

what am i doing wrong here...
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