England-2011-labs
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Lab 1: Where Am I?
One of the lesser known landmarks in Greenwich, London, England is the something very obscure. For this lab you will need to:
- Find something obscure.
- Determine the latitude at that location using at least three different tools/methods.
- Determine the longitude at that location using at least three different tools/methods.
- Determine the elevation at that location using at least three different tools/methods.
- Determine the minimum distance in meters from that location to the Prime Meridian using at least two different tools/methods.
- Well reasoned and accurate estimate.
- Measuring by angle of elevation and distance.
- Measuring by calibrated human pace.
- GPS device (I have one to loan for 1 hour time blocks on Saturday)
- Google Earth
