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Geodetic Coordinates on WGS84


  Longitude Latitude Spheroidal
  (degs/dms) (degs/dms) Height (WGS84)
W196 149.5501388 $-$30.3128846 236.87m
  149 33 00.500 $-$30 18 46.385  
MOPRA 149.0996405 $-$31.2678132 866.44m
  149 05 58.706 $-$31 16 04.127  
PARKES 148.2635101 $-$32.9984064 414.80m
  148 15 48.636 $-$32 59 54.263  

Notes: these figures are derived from the preceding Cartesian coordinates using the WGS84 figure for the earth. This is close to the frame often used by GPS but note that some GPS receivers display position data in local coordinate systems (eg AGD84/ANS).



Robin Wark 2006-10-24