[time-nuts] Having fun with LORSTA list and google maps

[Poul-Henning Kamp]

Googles map service can show sattelite pictures, and one can enter
lon+lat directly in the URL so I played around with the LORSTA list
from NAVCEN and a little script:

LORSTA 9940X:

http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=38.782531,-122.495549&spn=0.068407,0.093985&t=k&hl=en

LORSTA 9660Y:

http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=34.062825,-77.912836&spn=0.068407,0.093985&t=k&hl=en

LORSTA 9660M:

http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=42.714088,-76.825919&spn=0.068407,0.093985&t=k&hl=en

And the best one I found so far:

LORSTA 9660X:

http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=41.253346,-69.977371&spn=0.008551,0.011748&t=k&hl=en


What I did was to take the lon+lat from 
	http://www.navcen.uscg.gov/loran/LoranSelectChain.htm
and enter it into this little script:

#!/bin/sh

(
echo 42 42 50.716       76 49 33.308    9660M   SENECA NY
echo 41 15 12.046       69 58 38.536    9660X   NANTUCKET, MA
echo 39 51 07.658       87 29 11 586    9660Z   DANA, IN
echo 46 48 27.305       67 55 37 159    9660W   CARIBOU, ME
echo 34 03 46.170       77 54 46.210    9660Y   CAROLINA BEACH, NC
echo 57 26 20.300       152 22 10.650   9990Z   KODIAK, NARROW CAPE, AK
echo 38 46 57.110       122 29 43.976   9940X   MIDDLETOWN, CA
) |
awk '
        {
        printf "\n%s\n", $0
        printf "http://maps.google.com/maps?ll="
        printf "%.9f,", $1 + $2 / 60.0 + $3 / 3600.0
        printf "-%.9f", $4 + $5 / 60.0 + $6 / 3600.0
        printf "&t=k&hl=en\n"
        }
'

Then paste the URLS to your browser and zoom in as far as google has
Satellite pictures.

Enjoy!

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