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Interesting how often a set of "arbitrary coordinates" are listed in movies and TV shows that are nowhere near the location they are intended to describe. I saw this cartoon many years ago, and decided to do the math to figure out where it really is. Try it for yourself. If you need help with the transformation, there are tools on the NGS web page that will help with the xyz to Lat/Lon. I think you will find that a car is not the best way to deliver the pizza. https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ngs.noaa.gov%2FTOOLS%2FXYZ%2Fxyz.shtml&data=02%7C01%7CNEARC-L%40listserv.uconn.edu%7Cf5858e18a2c94acdb0a308d78d37fd03%7C17f1a87e2a254eaab9df9d439034b080%7C0%7C1%7C637133143928673542&sdata=wnKglJIgPrGmKxKEIWRCJml23zdfzUvhQi7SuNal%2Fuo%3D&reserved=0 or https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ngs.noaa.gov%2FNCAT%2F&data=02%7C01%7CNEARC-L%40listserv.uconn.edu%7Cf5858e18a2c94acdb0a308d78d37fd03%7C17f1a87e2a254eaab9df9d439034b080%7C0%7C1%7C637133143928673542&sdata=LHrbL8i6DCJPS5YGw%2ByJPl1cXUtEZBNxxu1VgwCANhw%3D&reserved=0 Happy New Year! Dan Daniel J. Martin Northeast Regional Geodetic Advisor (ME, NH, VT, MA, CT, RI, NY, NJ) NOAA/NOS/National Geodetic Survey Email: [log in to unmask] Cell: 240-676-4762 On Sun, Dec 29, 2019 at 4:55 PM Alison Pechenick <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Greetings all, > > > > I’ve just finished viewing Thornton Wilder’s wonderful classic 1940 movie > version of his play “Our Town”, and knowing the mountain village setting to > be modeled after Peterborough, NH, was disoriented by the coordinates put > forward as the play opens: > > > > *The name of our town is Grover’s Corners, N.H., just over the line from > Massachusetts; latitude 42 degrees, 40 minutes, longitude 70 degrees, 37 > minutes.* > > > > Poking around a bit, I discovered this creative classroom exercise, and > thought to > share: > > > > > > https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.esri.com%2Fcontent%2Fdam%2Fesrisites%2Fen-us%2Fmedia%2Fpdf%2Fgeoinquiries%2Famerican-lit%2F7-ourtown-amlit-geoInquiry.pdf&data=02%7C01%7CNEARC-L%40listserv.uconn.edu%7Cf5858e18a2c94acdb0a308d78d37fd03%7C17f1a87e2a254eaab9df9d439034b080%7C0%7C1%7C637133143928673542&sdata=EOQHO7exx7NxuY6gM0elXX8bxR5X2RrnBRAl7evcss4%3D&reserved=0 > <https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.esri.com%2Fcontent%2Fdam%2Fesrisites%2Fen-us%2Fmedia%2Fpdf%2Fgeoinquiries%2Famerican-lit%2F7-ourtown-amlit-geoInquiry.pdf&data=02%7C01%7CNEARC-L%40listserv.uconn.edu%7Cf5858e18a2c94acdb0a308d78d37fd03%7C17f1a87e2a254eaab9df9d439034b080%7C0%7C1%7C637133143928673542&sdata=EOQHO7exx7NxuY6gM0elXX8bxR5X2RrnBRAl7evcss4%3D&reserved=0> > > > > Best wishes to all for a fine 2020, > > > > *Alison Pechenick * > > *UVM Faculty, retired* > > > > > > P.S. William Holden fans: For a wild contrast, watch *Our Town *and *Stalag > 17 *in close proximity. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This list (NEARC-L) is an unmoderated discussion list for all NEARC Users. > > If you no longer wish to receive e-mail from this list, you can remove > yourself by going to https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fs.uconn.edu%2Fnearcsubscribe&data=02%7C01%7CNEARC-L%40listserv.uconn.edu%7Cf5858e18a2c94acdb0a308d78d37fd03%7C17f1a87e2a254eaab9df9d439034b080%7C0%7C1%7C637133143928673542&sdata=IoAzYmriiOBYmH9Giqf0eQyych33by7OfNbM6GvBSnQ%3D&reserved=0. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This list (NEARC-L) is an unmoderated discussion list for all NEARC Users. If you no longer wish to receive e-mail from this list, you can remove yourself by going to http://s.uconn.edu/nearcsubscribe.