Re: Worldmap mercator projection - Latitude to Y calculation.

Paul <[email protected]> Fri, 16 Jan 2026 18:23:56 -0500

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On Fri, 1/16/2026 4:59 PM, J. P. Gilliver wrote:
> On 2026/1/16 10:8:22, Paul wrote:
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>> Your coordinates for NYC, where did you get those coords ???
>> There is an article in Wikipedia I used, complete with a tiny
>> map widget when you click an icon near the coord info.
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>> 40 42 46     -74 0 22       New York City value (Wikipedia)
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>> 40.71277778  -74.00611111   DMS to D via https://www.latlong.net/degrees-minutes-seconds-to-decimal-degrees
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> You used a website to work out 40 + 42/60 + 46/3600? :-)
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I am a complex person with special needs :-)

   Paul