Re: V&H to Lat/Long?

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From: Ralph
Date: Wed, 02 Jul 2003 19:52

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On Wed, 02 Jul 2003 07:38:26 -0400, Tegger
<teggeratistopdotcom@changetheobvious.invalid> wrote:

>Ralph wrote:
>> 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?
[...]
>
>Is this the gif you encountered?
>http://www.colorado.edu/geography/gcraft/notes/coordsys/gif/vandh.gif

Close, but the one I found was in B&W.

>Does this help?
>http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/PC_PROD/pc_prod.shtml#UTMS

Hmmm... maybe.  I'll check it out if I can get it to download.

-Ralph

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