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Re: V&H to Lat/Long?

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From: Dave Null Sr.
Date: Thu, 03 Jul 2003 20:28
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On Thu, 03 Jul 2003 18:47:17 GMT, nobody@uunet.ca (Ralph) wrote in
news:3f047804.327511201@news2.istop.com: 

> The reason I want lat/long is because a customer that has a GPS will
> know their lat/long, and from their phone number I can find out their
> CO, and therefore the V&H of the CO.  Then I can find the distance (as
> the crow files) from the customer to the CO.

Yes, I know this suggestion creates some work... :)

You could create GPS waypoints in lat/long from your CO database and then
drop the need for V&H after that.

Use GPS trackmaker

http://www.gpstm.com/

 to calculate the distances instead.


Co-ordinates in lat/long can be found for Ottawa using the city's
GIS system from addresses.

http://atlas.city.ottawa.on.ca/mapping/atlas/index_webmap.htm
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Subject: Re: V&H to Lat/Long?
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