Re: V&H to Lat/Long?

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From: Ed Williams
Date: Thu, 03 Jul 2003 02:19

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nobody@uunet.ca (Ralph) wrote in message news:<3f01dbc8.156431357@news2.istop.com>...
> I'd like to convert CO V&H coords to Lat/Long.  I found a V&H map
> online, but it's a low-res gif so it is not useful for precise
> conversion.  I've found references to lots of commercial software that
> will do it, but I've never seen a formula to convert it.
> 
> Even if I could find the lat/long of the 4 corners of the V&H map I
> could interpolate the rest.  Any pointers?
> 
> -Ralph
> 
> p.s. Happy Canada Day!

There is a description of this projection at

http://openmap.bbn.com/doc/api/com/bbn/openmap/util/VHTransform.html

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