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Re: latitude and longitude

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From: Keith Medcalf
Date: Tue, 22 Jul 1997 00:00
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In <5r0si1$jg3$1@eros.clara.net>, "Ivan C." <ivan@clara.net> writes:

>Do you know of a database containing a list of European cities/major towns
>and their latitudes and longitudes.

This I don't have ...

>I am trying to develop an application to calculate the distance, as the
>crow flies, between two points in Europe.

>I would be very grateful for any information.  Please send replies to any
>of the email addresses below.

Code to calculate great circle distances and headings, however, can be
found in the proj-4 code from the USGS.
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From: kmedcalf@dessus.com (Keith Medcalf)
Subject: Re: latitude and longitude
Date: 1997/07/22
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