Post your coordinates for all to see !

Ian Gillis

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This thread springs from Larry Merlau's thread "jist my opinion!" where Larry asks people to give some idea of the region they live in in their profiles.

Lee Deraud already had his precise latitude/longitude in his profile and several of us used Google Maps or Google Earth (free download) to have a look at Lee's home and surroundings.

You don't need a GPS to get accurate coordinates. If you use Google Earth you simply have to position the pointer over your place and read the coordinates off the bottom left of the screen.

I still wouldn't recommend posting long. and lat. if you've been featured on America's Most Wanted or if the IRS, Inland Revenue or Revenue Canada are looking for you.

If you'd like to post your place, please respond to this thread and I'll edit you into this list. This is totally voluntary - FW is not asking for this info - it's just for those who want to participate.

The list is now organised by location from West to East:

Rick Fulton - 50°48'50.79"N, 5°54'34.57"E

Ian Gillis - 44°36'27.88"N, 64°03'33.80"W

Dan Bergen - 44°5'12.57" N, 69°6'20.08" W

Richard Leshner - 42°49'36.94"N, 71°30'28.52"W

Craig Feuerzeig - 40°50'21.40"N, 74°11'41.59"W

Ned Bulken - 43°09'17.61" N, 75°50'35.57" W

Chip Hamblin - 43° 09' 19.28" N,77° 31' 44.01" W

Travis Porter - 36°02'49.07"N, 78°37'44.38"W

Jim Delaney - 41°08'00.94" N, 80°47'06.79" W

Jim Young - 42°26' 33.72" N, 83°30' 31.25"W

Kevin Brown - 40°56'10.69"N, 84°56'22.13"W

Larry Merlau - 42°35'13.73" N, 85°30'17.26"W

Joe Mioux - 38° 36' 19.36"N, 89°22' 54.35" W

Karl Laustrup - 43° 37' 43.13" N, 89° 47' 01.51" W

Dave Richards - 44° 04' 30"N 92° 29' 40.8"W

Ken Garlock - 33°15'3.2605"N, 96°40'41.8179"W

Matt Dunlap - 32°41'11.4"N, 103°06'37.08"W

Jesse Cloud - 35°18'38.26N, 106°31'18.92"W

Rennie Heuer - 43°34'38.01"N, 116°35'14.44"W

Lee Deraud - 33°52'24.98"N, 117°45'45.72"W

Vaughn McMillan - 34°16'24.70"N, 118°18'07.23"W

Brian Pilon - 55°14'01.30" N, 119 15'10.06" W

Bart Leetch - 48°16'54.78"N, 122°40'7.86"W

Stuart Ablett - 35°41'46.60"N, 139°42'55.90"E
 
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hey ian went and dn loaded that s-ware and tried to find myself and when i got close my eyes blurred?// must tbe the fumes were still bad from the bean soup last night.. any ideas when it might clear up? i could distinguish one of the many mud puddles nearby but then it all went blurry. only had 2 bouls well maybe buckets:D
 
...same here Larry, must be a focus button somewhere...:rofl:

There's a couple of things, guys. Google doesn't love us all equally - the resolution of the images is highest for population centers. Parts of my province are so blurry that you can't make out buildings at all.

I'm having some difficulty getting as close on Google Earth as I can on Google Maps. Operator error, no doubt. I'll work on it and see what I can find out. I've never tried the Microsoft counterpart to Google Earth, but there is one. Someone else will have to provide the name. Perhaps with that one we'll be able to see whether Larry washed behind his ear lugs or not ;)
 
According to the 11 GPS satellites now within view:
Lat: 33deg 15min 3.2605seconds
Long: 96deg 40min 41.8179seconds

Altitude 221.67 meters. (727ft. 3.15in)

The above information may have been modified to prevent use by hostile forces. :dunno:
 
I'm at 34°16'24.70"N, 118°18'07.23"W, according to Google Earth. If you pull back a ways, you can see we're on the very edge of civilization, wight on the edge of the Angeles National Forest to the north. Use Google Earth to "fly" up the canyon that's just north and east of the house...driving along that winding road it's easy to forget I'm in Los Angeles.

:wave:
 
I'm kinda surprised at Stu's...no traffic, I thought it would be a mess of vehicles.

I can't figure out how to get mine..I put my address in and the coordinates it gives when I do a check, show me to be in Detroit.:huh: :dunno:

My address is correct but all I get is a blur...guess you guys don't get to see my shop and house on 30 acres in the middle of a cornfield..:rofl:
 
I'm at 34°16'24.70"N, 118°18'07.23"W, according to Google Earth. ... it's easy to forget I'm in Los Angeles.

Darn, I could have dropped in on you last March, Vaughn, when I was visiting my friends in Glendale. Maybe next time. They took me to Gaucho's Village restaurant... zowie.
Hiked a canyon a bit east of there somewhere also, but I forget the name.

I live in one of those low-res areas of Google Earth (or google maps) so there's not much point in specifying anything more detailed than is in my profile.
 
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