[meteorite-list] I'm getting confused by the MB coordinates

From: M come Meteorite Meteorites <mcomemeteorite2004_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat Aug 26 16:17:14 2006
Message-ID: <20060826065732.36218.qmail_at_web26209.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>

I am under control some coordinates in MB and
Database, a example on this meteorites:

Dunbogan and Esperance, take a look where go on google
earth the coordinates of the MB database...

matteo

--- "Walter L. Newton" <newtonw2_at_comcast.net> ha
scritto:

> Hi
>
> Some of you may have remember being bored by my
> running dialog with the MB
> and Jeff in reference to the actual find spot of a
> Colorado meteorite.
>
> In the MB, the Apex Colorado meteorite has
> coordinates that puts the find
> (1938) at about 4 miles north of the actual
> location. I know the actual
> location because of the narrative in the MB, and
> Jack Murphy concurs. He
> knows where it was found and it's not where the MB
> coordinates have it.
>
> Now... a have a new girlfriend (yes, this is really
> going somewhere) and
> Steffanie lives in Russell Gulch Colorado, which is
> an old mining town south
> and above Central City Colorado. It's listed as a
> ghost town even though it
> has about 35 folks living there.
>
> Well, looking at the MB list of Colorado meteorites,
> low and behold, we have
> a Russell Gulch meteorite, an iron, found in 1863.
>
> But, if you check the coordinates with Google Earth,
> the find spot would be
> right in Central City Colorado... about 4 miles
> north of Russell Gulch.
>
> Do we see a pattern here. Steff is going to hook me
> up with an old timer
> that lives in Russell Gulch, who knows about the
> find and has a good idea
> where it was found.
>
> My question is (I promised this was going
> somewhere)... was some of the
> coordinates in the MB constructed from a different
> map datum. I vaguely
> remember something about different datum sets used
> for lat. and long. I
> don't really understand the details about this, but
> I know my simple GPS
> unit has a whole list of datum sets that I can set
> my unit to.
>
> Are the MB coordinates really right, but using a
> different "starting point"
> then Google Earth.
>
> Otherwise, I guess I'm going to go off on another
> tangent with the MB about
> another find spot.
>
> Maybe someone can point me to an online article that
> explains all this?
>
> I know this is not as earth shattering as losing a
> whole planet, but it bugs
> me none the less.
>
> Stop me before it's too late. (did this make any
> sense?)
>
> Walter L. Newton
> Golden, Co
>
>
>
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Received on Sat 26 Aug 2006 02:57:32 AM PDT