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Copper_Country
8/16/2012 12:51:56 PM | Can anyone explain how to convert coordinates from a MACR into longitude and Latitude. I don't know but are coordinates within documents/MARC/etc based of specific maps used during the war, so a conversion is not easy with out finding out the map used at the report. Just curious
Thanks
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Paul Bellamy
8/16/2012 2:42:47 PM | I would have thought they would already have been in degrees and minutes of longitude and latitude.
I suppose an exception would have been site visit reports by ground teams when they would likely be GSGS or even Cassini grid references, which is a whole other can of worms if the complete reference isn't included.
Let me know what you have and I'll see what I can come up with.
All the best,
Paul
Paul Bellamy
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donaldbyers
8/16/2012 3:53:29 PM | I also have found that to be in degrees and minutes for Lat/Long... You can plot them here http://www.darrinward.com/lat-long/
Don
Sgt. Donald C. Byers, 613th Bomb Squadron, Togglier, 42-97344 Carrie B II, KIA 08/24/1944.
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Copper_Country
8/16/2012 7:38:50 PM | Arrgh, you guys are right. I see it now, right there in front of my eyes, I just wasn't thinking clearly and the form didn't put in the degrees, min,sec notation. Thanks for setting me straight.
thanks for the help
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donaldbyers
8/17/2012 2:05:09 PM | No problem that is what we are here for -- -- --
Don
Sgt. Donald C. Byers, 613th Bomb Squadron, Togglier, 42-97344 Carrie B II, KIA 08/24/1944.
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