Re: How to find location.

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On Thu, 4 Jun 1998, James Russell wrote:

>    I'm taking a trip to NW Ontario, Canada next week and don't know the
> lat/long of the area that I'll be staying.  However, I could pick it out 
> on a map.  Is there a web-tool that I could use .....

Hi Jim

Try the National Imagery and Mapping Agency's (NIMA) database at 

          http://164.214.2.59/gns/html/index.html

They have an enourmous online database of geographical positions of 
practically any place on earth.

There is an equivalent website for the US only, but since it is of no 
direct interest to me I did not bookmark it.

Regards
Willie
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