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Subject:
global antipodes
Category: Science > Earth Sciences Asked by: flavorflanks-ga List Price: $2.00 |
Posted:
05 May 2003 07:59 PDT
Expires: 04 Jun 2003 07:59 PDT Question ID: 199620 |
Know of a site that provides global antipodes? say I am in Fargo, and want to know what is exactly globally opposite of my, or any, location, where can I turn to find the answers? |
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Subject:
Re: global antipodes
Answered By: politicalguru-ga on 05 May 2003 08:48 PDT |
Dear Flavorflanks, Yes, I do know of a place where you could find your antipode. First of all, may I note that your could also calculate it without the following site. You rotate your longitude 180 degrees and flip your latitude's north vs. south. In other words: If Fargo (ND) is at latitude: 46 degrees, 89 minutes north Longitude: 96 degrees, 8 minutes west The opposite would be : latitude: 46 degrees, 89 minutes SOUTH Longitude: 83 degrees, 2 minutes EAST This site provides the claculations: http://www.serve.com/damien/sight/antipode.pl This ends up somewhere in the Indian Ocean, with the closest point at Heard Island and MacDonald Islands, as you could see in MapQuest: http://www.mapquest.com/maps/latlong.adp (Note: when calculating east-west and north-south values, the West and the South are always represented in negative - subzero - values): http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?latlongtype=decimal&latitude=-46.9&longitude=83.2 I hope this answered your question. My search terms were: antipode, antipodes "my antipode" "your antipode" "our antipode" If you need any further clarifications, please let me know. I'd be pleased to clarify my question before you rate it. |
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Subject:
Re: global antipodes
From: racecar-ga on 05 May 2003 10:34 PDT |
Since there are only 60 minutes in a degree, 46 degrees, 89 minutes doesn't make a lot of sense. 46.89 degrees is more like it, or 46 degrees 54 minutes. The longitude numbers are also a little screwy. If the given longitude of Fargo (96 degrees 8 minutes W) were correct, the longitude of the antipode would be 83 degress 52 minutes E (not 83 deg 2 min). However, according to the first site I found with Fargo's lat and long (http://www.bcca.org/misc/qiblih/latlong_us.html#NORTHxDAKOTA), the longitude is 96 degrees 48 minutes W, giving an antipode at 83 degrees 12 minutes E. |
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