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Distances from Cuba -- Panama -- Galapagos -- Hawaii -- Vancouver, B.C.
Category: Sports and Recreation > Travel Asked by: mrfrog-ga List Price: $15.00 |
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30 Jan 2004 11:34 PST
Expires: 29 Feb 2004 11:34 PST Question ID: 301865 |
I need the following distances: West tip of Cuba to eastern end of Pananama Canal Western end of Panama Canal to the Galapagos Islands Galapagos Islands to Hawaii (Big Island) Hawaii to Vancouver, BC Great circle or rhumbline distances fine (please note which, or even better, provide both! :-) |
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Re: Distances from Cuba -- Panama -- Galapagos -- Hawaii -- Vancouver, B.C.
Answered By: robertskelton-ga on 30 Jan 2004 13:25 PST Rated:  |
Hi there, The figures are great circle (geodesic distance), and come from How Far Is It, a free service from Bali Online that uses a program from the U.S. Geological Survey. How Far Is It http://www.indo.com/cgi-bin/dist?place1=&place2=&x=39&y=9 Distance Calculation http://www.indo.com/distance/distance-details.html I looked up latitudes and longitudes from my copy of The Times Concise Atlas of the World. West tip of Cuba to eastern end of Pananama Canal ------------------------------------------------- West tip of Cuba 21:48:00N 84.57:00W Eastern end of Pananama Canal (Colon) 9:22:00N 79:54:00W Distance: 910 miles (1464 km) (790 nautical miles) http://www.indo.com/cgi-bin/dist?place1=21%3A48%3A00N+84.57%3A00W&place2=colon%2C+panama Western end of Panama Canal to the Galapagos Islands ---------------------------------------------------- Western end of Panama Canal (Balboa) 8:55:00N 79:36:00W Galapagos Islands 0:00N 90:30W Distance: 969 miles (1560 km) (842 nautical miles) http://www.indo.com/cgi-bin/dist/place1=@173722?place2=0%3A00%3A00N+90%3A30%3A00W+ Galapagos Islands to Hawaii (Big Island) ---------------------------------------- Galapagos Islands 0:00N 90:30W Hawaii Big Island (Hilo) 19:41:46N 155:05:15W Distance: 4575 miles (7363 km) (3976 nautical miles) http://www.indo.com/cgi-bin/dist/place1=0:00:00N+90:30:00W?place2=hilo%2C+hawaii Hawaii to Vancouver, BC ----------------------- Hawaii Big Island (Hilo) 19:41:46N 155:05:15W Vancouver 49:15:00N 123:04:48W Distance: 2698 miles (4342 km) (2344 nautical miles) http://www.indo.com/cgi-bin/dist?place1=hilo%2C+hawaii&place2=vancouver%2C+canada Total ----- 9152 miles / 14729 km / 7952 nautical miles Best wishes, robertskelton-ga |
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Great! Thanks for the prompt answer. If you happen to know a site where I can get lats/lons of other places, that would be very handy (no atlas handy). |
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Re: Distances from Cuba -- Panama -- Galapagos -- Hawaii -- Vancouver, B.C.
From: robertskelton-ga on 30 Jan 2004 14:29 PST |
I have made a page of the best geographical sites and services I have found, you might find it of use: SearchEngineZ: Geographic Search Tools http://searchenginez.com/zipcodefinder.html |
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