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Postby hhomebrewer » Sat Feb 27, 2010 7:13 pm

How do I locate the point on the Earth that is diametrically opposed to where I am? I am in the Northern Hemisphere, in Nevada. I want to see the place on the other side of the world, going through the center of the Earth. I am going to assume it's out in the ocean, somewhere. Assume my location to be in Reno at 39 degrees, 32.236 minutes North by 119 degrees, 47.277 minutes West. What is the math I use to figure out where the point is that I seek? I know it has something to do with 180 degrees, but to what do I add or subtract that value?
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Re: How do I locate?

Postby WebbPA » Sat Feb 27, 2010 8:42 pm

Just a guess but wouldn't it be 39
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Re: How do I locate?

Postby Mobius » Sat Feb 27, 2010 8:58 pm

You can use this tool: 

http://www.freemaptools.com/tunnel-to-o ... -earth.htm

Just move the crosshairs on the left to your location and it shows the antipode on the map on the right.
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Re: How do I locate?

Postby specter177 » Sat Feb 27, 2010 9:45 pm

Ironically enough, the only place in the US that doesn't tunnel into water is Hawaii.
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Re: How do I locate?

Postby Ang2dogs » Sat Feb 27, 2010 10:40 pm

Good thing me and my friends quit digging that hole to China when we were kids! ;D ;D
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Re: How do I locate?

Postby Tai-2 » Sat Feb 27, 2010 11:22 pm

Good thing me and my friends quit digging that hole to China when we were kids! ;D ;D

Where does that hole go to if you are in China? To China? Or what. :-?
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Re: How do I locate?

Postby ApplePie » Sat Feb 27, 2010 11:28 pm

Good thing me and my friends quit digging that hole to China when we were kids! ;D ;D

Where does that hole go to if you are in China? To China? Or what. :-?

Chile and Argentina. ;)
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Re: How do I locate?

Postby Theis » Mon Mar 01, 2010 2:24 pm

Good thing me and my friends quit digging that hole to China when we were kids! ;D ;D

Where does that hole go to if you are in China? To China? Or what. :-?

Chile and Argentina. ;)

You'll end up in China again..  8-)
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Re: How do I locate?

Postby Meck » Mon Mar 08, 2010 9:10 am

Assume my location to be in Reno at 39 degrees, 32.236 minutes North by 119 degrees, 47.277 minutes West. What is the math I use to figure out where the point is that I seek? I know it has something to do with 180 degrees, but to what do I add or subtract that value?



It's as easy as changing North to South (or the other way round) and take the norm from your longitude [ch955] minus 180
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Re: How do I locate?

Postby hhomebrewer » Sat Mar 20, 2010 11:56 am

1296.77 miles southeast of the very lowest point on Madagascar, on a 141.51 degree heading. I have a screenshot, but it's too big to post...
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Re: How do I locate?

Postby B-Valvs » Sat Mar 20, 2010 9:28 pm

Ironically enough, the only place in the US that doesn't tunnel into water is Hawaii.


Nope:

http://www.simviation.com/yabbuploads/u ... toland.jpg

Found this in less than a minute, so there must be more too.

[edit]Here's another:

http://www.simviation.com/yabbuploads/u ... oland2.jpg

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8-)
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Re: How do I locate?

Postby Tyler012 » Sun Mar 21, 2010 11:13 pm

       

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Re: How do I locate?

Postby Meck » Tue Mar 23, 2010 6:50 am

Any math programm should solve this - just tell us what lat1 / lat2 means?!
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Re: How do I locate?

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