Re: was quiktrak mir prediction

Bjoern Gimle (b_gimle@algonet.se)
Fri, 3 Oct 1997 07:16:35 +0100

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>To: Nikon101@aol.com
>From: b_gimle@algonet.se (Bjoern Gimle)
>Subject: Re: was quiktrak mir prediction
>
>Nikon101@aol.com :
>...>
>>>>(2) Do southern Latitudes have to be negative?
>>>
>>>Yes, and east longitudes! 
>>  I use STSPLUS as a tracking program & it lists my QTH (Providence, RI USA)
>>as -41 North Latitude & -71 Lonitude, even though I am West of Greenwich.
>>Funny thing is it works!
>
>
>Unfortunately conventions vary between programs.
>The STSPLUS way is most common (West negative)
>The sign agrees with the UTC offset
>

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