<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><span class="gmail-im">
&gt; And you should also note that the location where they charge you to take<br>
&gt; that photograph is about 20 meters to the west of where it should be.<br>
&gt; At least, I presume my modern smartphone&#39;s GPS is fairly accurate, as<br>
&gt; well as having looked it up on Google Earth later.<br><br></span></div><span class="gmail-im">And...if Google Maps is correct, the Arizona/New Mexico/Colorado/Utah Four Corners Monument is not at the four corners.<br><br></span></div><span class="gmail-im">[Insert here the mandatory reference to convoluted DST in the region.]<br><br></span></div><span class="gmail-im">    @dashdashado<br></span><div><div><span class="gmail-im"><br> <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Four+Corners+Monument/@36.9989687,-109.0452552,20z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x873a25d2c9c70acd:0xc9945bd27b66993a!8m2!3d36.9989773!4d-109.0451868">https://www.google.com/maps/place/Four+Corners+Monument/@36.9989687,-109.0452552,20z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x873a25d2c9c70acd:0xc9945bd27b66993a!8m2!3d36.9989773!4d-109.0451868</a></span><br></div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Apr 4, 2017 at 11:07 AM, Derick Rethans <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:tz@derickrethans.nl" target="_blank">tz@derickrethans.nl</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span class="">On Tue, 4 Apr 2017, Randal L. Schwartz wrote:<br>
<br>
&gt; &gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt; &quot;John&quot; == John Haxby &lt;<a href="mailto:john.haxby@oracle.com">john.haxby@oracle.com</a>&gt; writes:<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; John&gt; (If you&#39;re ever near Greenwich I recommend visiting the Royal<br>
&gt; John&gt; Observatory, taking the obligatory foot-in-both-hemispheres selfie<br>
&gt; John&gt; and then going to look at the clocks.)<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; And you should also note that the location where they charge you to take<br>
&gt; that photograph is about 20 meters to the west of where it should be.<br>
&gt; At least, I presume my modern smartphone&#39;s GPS is fairly accurate, as<br>
&gt; well as having looked it up on Google Earth later.<br>
<br>
</span>I always thought that the meridian line as marked is 0° in *OSGB36*, not<br>
WGS84 which is what GPS uses:<br>
<br>
<a href="http://theconversation.com/heres-why-the-greenwich-prime-meridian-is-actually-in-the-wrong-place-46302" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://theconversation.com/<wbr>heres-why-the-greenwich-prime-<wbr>meridian-is-actually-in-the-<wbr>wrong-place-46302</a><br>
<a href="http://metro.co.uk/2015/08/15/oops-the-greenwich-meridian-line-is-in-the-wrong-place-5344251/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://metro.co.uk/2015/08/15/<wbr>oops-the-greenwich-meridian-<wbr>line-is-in-the-wrong-place-<wbr>5344251/</a><br>
<br>
cheers,<br>
Derick</blockquote></div><br></div>