Path: csiph.com!tncsrv06.tnetconsulting.net!usenet.blueworldhosting.com!feed1.usenet.blueworldhosting.com!nnrp.usenet.blueworldhosting.com!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Richard Smith Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Subject: Re: elisp program nautical - more elegant way? Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2023 10:09:15 +0000 Organization: BlueWorld Hosting Usenet (https://usenet.blueworldhosting.com) Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Injection-Info: nnrp.usenet.blueworldhosting.com; logging-data="15682"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@blueworldhosting.com" User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.1 (darwin) Cancel-Lock: sha1:F0zoMUAkCT5G4MpIawTOnvHpeQs= sha1:pijbiwl845hHVQsdcnH/5/xVSt8= sha256:wHwKpOTuUnCFk0EJMPhxZO8RJ7LasItN9lgp3Wpb7gE= sha1:MbYFEtAQ30Omw1ZW+xd91WMlt3E= sha256:kgn9h00g0XfBw+KUszPVig7riDMlIeZTn7uLqjsOJgE= Xref: csiph.com gnu.emacs.help:60678 Here's something to hopefully give a happy moment-out and deserve some comment... Places in the world... For each place / location, final line is "human-readable" but can be pasted back into "Google Maps" and will take you back to the place for which the degrees-decimal were obtained. ;;; Berry Head lighthouse 50.39954886056384, -3.483553379652956 (lat-long-degdeci-to-dms 50.39954886056384 -3.483553379652956) ;; "050d 23' 58.4'' N 003d 29' 00.8'' W" 050 23' 58.4" N 003 29' 00.8" W ;; Cape Cornwall chimney 50.127233, -5.708794 (lat-long-degdeci-to-dms 50.127233 -5.708794) ;; "050d 07' 38.0'' N 005d 42' 31.7'' W" 050 07' 38.0" N 005 42' 31.7" W ;;; Towanroath engine house 50.305071211684954, -5.233053296845487 (lat-long-degdeci-to-dms 50.305071211684954 -5.233053296845487) ;; "050d 18' 18.3'' N 005d 13' 59.0'' W" 050 18' 18.3" N 005 13' 59.0" W ;;; Lizard lighthouse 49.960201393209225, -5.202149785205921 (lat-long-degdeci-to-dms 49.960201393209225 -5.202149785205921) ;; "049d 57' 36.7'' N 005d 12' 07.7'' W" 049 57' 36.7" N 005 12' 07.7" W ;;; Land's End - the sign 50.066310, -5.714791 (lat-long-degdeci-to-dms 50.066310 -5.714791) ;; "050d 03' 58.7'' N 005d 42' 53.2'' W" 050 03' 58.7" N 005 42' 53.2" W ;;; Clovelly harbour light 50.998692, -4.396671 (lat-long-degdeci-to-dms 50.998692 -4.396671) ;; "050d 59' 55.3'' N 004d 23' 48.0'' W" 050 59' 55.3" N 004 23' 48.0" W ;;; Sydney harbour bridge -33.85209267729446, 151.21082583826686 (lat-long-degdeci-to-dms -33.85209267729446 151.21082583826686) ;; "033d 51' 07.5'' S 151d 12' 39.0'' E" 033 51' 07.5" S 151 12' 39.0" E ;; Rio de Janeiro Christ monument -22.952419527785423, -43.21046976961246 (lat-long-degdeci-to-dms -22.952419527785423 -43.21046976961246) ;; "022d 57' 08.7'' S 043d 12' 37.7'' W" 022 57' 08.7" S 043 12' 37.7" W ;;; Yosemite Glacier Point 37.73048860656887, -119.57375861559764 (lat-long-degdeci-to-dms 37.73048860656887 -119.57375861559764) ;; "037d 43' 49.8'' N 119d 34' 25.5'' W" 037 43' 49.8" N 119 34' 25.5" W