Talk:Drygalski Island
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[edit] Which geographical coordinate is the most correct one?
Which geographical coordinate can be chosen when there are different ones? For example, for Drygalski Island, there are several different geographical coordinates (see also Talk:Geographic coordinates (obtaining) and Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Geographical coordinates). Are there guidelines or hints which one to choose? Which geographical coordinate is the most correct one?
-- Citylover 12:24, 16 September 2005 (UTC)
There are different formats too, but they are automatically recognized by the software if the right formatting is chosen (d dm dms, see Wikipedia:Manual of Style (dates and numbers)#Geographical coordinates), so this is probably not the main problem.
-- Citylover 12:24, 16 September 2005 (UTC)
Source: This information was introduced by the creator of this page already at the creation of this page: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Drygalski_Island&action=history. Creator of this page: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions&target=217.210.231.190&offset=0&limit=500
-- Citylover 12:24, 16 September 2005 (UTC)
Googleing: "Drygalski Island" "Latitude" "Longitude": One of the results:
http://www.knowledgerush.com/kr/encyclopedia/Drygalski_Island/
Its position is at 65.88º S, 92.59º E. It has an area of 693.7 km2. => Exactly the same geographical coordinates.
-- Citylover 12:24, 16 September 2005 (UTC)
Source: The "International Atlas" (Rand McNally) (offline source).
-- Citylover 12:24, 16 September 2005 (UTC)
Latitude: 65 33 00 S (degrees minutes) or -65.5500 (decimal degrees)
Longitude: 092 40 00 E (degrees minutes) or 92.6667 (decimal degrees)
Source: http://www.getty.edu/vow/TGNFullDisplay?find=drygalski+island&place=&nation=&prev_page=1&english=Y&subjectid=1006984. The website cites the following offline source for this geographical coordinate: Times Atlas of the World. 9th comprehensive edition. New York: Times Books, 1992.
See also Times Atlas of the World: In this Wikipedia-article, you can read that the newest edition of the Timeas Atlas of the World is not the 9th, but the 10th edition and that the 10th edition was the first edition having been completely produced by means of computer-cartography. Therefore, maybe some geographical coordinates have also changed between the 9th and the 10th edition (?)
-- Citylover 12:24, 16 September 2005 (UTC)
Googleing: "Drygalski Island" "Latitude" "Longitude": One of the results:
65° 45' S; 92° 30' E => Exactly the same geographical coordinates like the "International Atlas" (Rand McNally). Source: http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=12344.
-- Citylover 12:24, 16 September 2005 (UTC)
Googleing: "Drygalski Island" "Latitude" "Longitude": One of the results:
65° 45' 00.0" S 92° 30' 00.0" E => Exactly the same geographical coordinates like the "International Atlas" (Rand McNally). Source: http://aadc-maps.aad.gov.au/aadc/gaz/place_names_within_map.cfm?country_id=36&north=-64&south=-70&east=100&west=90
-- Citylover 12:24, 16 September 2005 (UTC)
Googleing: "Drygalski Island" "Latitude" "Longitude": One of the results:
http://aadc-maps.aad.gov.au/aadc/gaz/place_names_within_map.cfm?north=-64&south=-70&east=100&west=90 :
Drygalski Island Island 65° 45' 00.0" S 92° 30' 00.0" E Australia
Drygalski Island Archipelago, Island, Reef, Skerry, Stack, 65° 45' 00.0" S 92° 28' 00.0" E Russia
Drygalski Island Archipelago, Island, Reef, Skerry, Stack, 65° 45' 00.0" S 92° 30' 00.0" E United States of America
-- Citylover 12:24, 16 September 2005 (UTC)
Googleing: "Drygalski Island" "Latitude" "Longitude": One of the results:
http://dspace.anu.edu.au/bitstream/1885/42892/2/world_1mil_152.html
WAC Advance ed 1948 1751 Drygalski Island E0840000 E0980000 S0640000 S0680000. WAC: World Aeronautical Chart. The 2 coordinates maybe mean southern/northern-most and western/eastern-most areal extension (although I am not sure at all about that because the differences seem to be fairly big, maybe this is something for airplane-pilots).
-- Citylover 12:24, 16 September 2005 (UTC)
See also:
Geographic coordinates (obtaining)
Wikipedia:Manual of Style (dates and numbers)#Geographical coordinates
Geographic coordinate system
Wikipedia:WikiProject Geographical coordinates
-- Citylover 12:24, 16 September 2005 (UTC)
