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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://www.ngs.noaa.gov/TOOLS/XYZ/xyz.shtml  or  https://www.ngs.noaa.gov/NCAT/   

Happy New Year!
Dan

Daniel J. Martin
Northeast Regional Geodetic Advisor
(ME, NH, VT, MA, CT, RI, NY, NJ)
NOAA/NOS/National Geodetic Survey

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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://www.esri.com/content/dam/esrisites/en-us/media/pdf/geoinquiries/american-lit/7-ourtown-amlit-geoInquiry.pdf

 

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.

 

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