Dear David

I was interested to read your table of distances for 1 degree of
latitude and longitude.

I see that you quote the same distance for 1 degree of latitude as for 1
degree of longitude at the equator.

Are these distances for an ellipsoid or a sphere? If an ellipsoid which
one are these figures for? 

Regards


Bob
www.mapsbydesign.co.uk



In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, David F Forsythe
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
>One degree of latitude is always approximately 69.0933 miles.
>This table shows the approximate distance (in miles) of one degree
>of longitude at each degree of Latitude
>
>Latitude                    Distance of
>                            one Longitude
>                              degree
>
>0                            69.0933
>1                            69.0828
>2                            69.0512
>3                            68.9986
>4                            68.925
>5                            68.8304
>6                            68.7148
>7                            68.5783
>8                            68.4209
>9                            68.2426
>10                           68.0436
>11                           67.8238
>12                           67.5834
>13                           67.3224
>14                           67.0409
>15                           66.7389
>16                           66.4167
>17                           66.0742
>18                           65.7115
>19                           65.3289
>20                           64.9264
>21                           64.504
>22                           64.0621
>23                           63.6006
>24                           63.1197
>25                           62.6196
>26                           62.1005
>27                           61.5624
>28                           61.0056
>29                           60.4302
>30                           59.8364
>31                           59.2243
>32                           58.5942
>33                           57.9463
>34                           57.2807
>35                           56.5977
>36                           55.8974
>37                           55.1801
>38                           54.446
>39                           53.6953
>40                           52.9283
>41                           52.1451
>42                           51.346
>43                           50.5313
>44                           49.7013
>45                           48.856
>46                           47.9959
>47                           47.1212
>48                           46.2321
>49                           45.329
>50                           44.412
>51                           43.4815
>52                           42.5377
>53                           41.581
>54                           40.6117
>55                           39.6299
>56                           38.6361
>57                           37.6306
>58                           36.6135
>59                           35.5853
>60                           34.5463
>61                           33.4968
>62                           32.437
>63                           31.3674
>64                           30.2882
>65                           29.1998
>66                           28.1025
>67                           26.9966
>68                           25.8825
>69                           24.7605
>70                           23.631
>71                           22.4943
>72                           21.3508
>73                           20.2007
>74                           19.0445
>75                           17.8824
>76                           16.715
>77                           15.5424
>78                           14.3651
>79                           13.1835
>80                           11.9978
>81                           10.8084
>82                           9.61581
>83                           8.42025
>84                           7.22212
>85                           6.0218
>86                           4.81964
>87                           3.61602
>88                           2.41129
>89                           1.20583
>90                           0
>
>
>Dick Hoskins wrote:
>
>> I need a for formula that gives what an increment of 1 degree or 1 second
>> or 1 minute (or any other value) of long and lat is in terms of ground
>> distance as a function of long and lat. A rule of thumb-type table or
>> conversion would be OK.
>>
>> Dick Hoskins
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>
>> GIS uses in public health summer course:
>> http://healthlinks.washington.edu/inpho/gis/course.html
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Tom Brockenbrough" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> Sent: Monday, May 15, 2000 9:35 AM
>> Subject: Re: MI Specifying scale of layout
>>
>> > Not sure if this will work because I have not had the need to do so but
>> can
>> > you go under Map> Options>, change distance units to inches, and then
>> change
>> > your Map Scale and Layout Scale to obtain what you need?
>> >
>> > Hope it works.
>> >
>> > "SenGupta,Georges" wrote:
>> >
>> > > I need to print off maps from MI at a defined scale. I have not managed
>> to
>> > > get the Map->Change View->Map Scale and the Layout->Frame Object->Scale
>> On
>> > > Paper options to work together to give me (for example) 1:2500.
>> > >
>> > > Is there an obvious way that I have missed?
>> > >
>> > > Thanks for your help. Will sum responses.
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