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From: Adrian on 20 Apr 2008 15:23
Chris Lawrence (Chris Lawrence <news03(a)holosys.co.uk.invalid>) gurgled
happily, sounding much like they were saying:

>> Would you like to explain how you got coordinates accurate to 14
>> decimal places from Google Earth? Explain exactly how you did it step
>> by step so that someone else can reproduce it.

> What kind of distance does 14dp equate to on the ground anyway? A
> fraction of a millimeter?

I posted this the other day - about a fiftieth of the thickness of spider
silk.
From: baggy1963 on 20 Apr 2008 15:35
> Mr Firth wrote

> > "Another detail which seems to have escaped your pointy little head is
> > that any sign on the A629 is unlikely to be anything to do with the
> > Highways Agency. "


The main A629 has lots of newish signs saying things like "Ainley Top
53 casualties in 6 months" (Perhaps traffic lights on the
roundabout ,
53 degrees 40' 9.73" N 1 degree 49' 34.33" W, might help), whereas
Blackley New Road, leading to the motorway, has the worst sign.
Perhaps a different agency is responsible?
From: Steve Firth on 20 Apr 2008 18:20
baggy1963 <stephenb91(a)hotmail.com> wrote:

> Place a pointer on a spot, right click and select "directions to" this
> gives 14 decimal places.

No it doesn't, you're telling a lie (again).

> Try these co-ordinates for the sign
>
> 53 degrees 40' 10.61" North
>
> 1 degree 49' 54.16" West

And?

What do you expect me to do, drop everything I'm doing now and drive 240
miles to go look at a sign? I repeat, no one cares. In particular no one
cares for the opinon of a fuckwit who can't even construct a coherent
reply to a usenet post.

From: baggy1963 on 20 Apr 2008 19:31
Be grateful it relegates the spam at least.
From: baggy1963 on 21 Apr 2008 04:48
Perhaps I'm using an older version of Google Earth!

Answer this

"The main A629 has lots of newish signs saying things like "Ainley
Top
53 casualties in 6 months" (Perhaps traffic lights on the
roundabout ,
53 degrees 40' 9.73" N 1 degree 49' 34.33" W, might help), whereas
Blackley New Road, leading to the motorway, has the worst sign.
Perhaps a different agency is responsible? "

With an answer like "ok possibly the HA are responsible for the sign
and I'll get my colleagues in the area to check it out"
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