carnkie
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17 years ago
One of the problems Iโ€™ve come across entering international mines is getting the exact map ref. Very often they leave out the minutes which when converted gives an inaccurate location. I found this in Greece with an island and the mine ended up in the sea.! You then need to scratch around on Google with an internet search to get a pretty good spot... The biggest gold mine in Europe in Bulgaria was a problem (still is) but I donโ€™t think itโ€™s far off. Just going to take my anorak off. ๐Ÿ™‚ And maybe have one for the road. :angel:
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simonrl
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17 years ago
:)

I know what you mean, but I didn't want to get into too many complexities for different mapping systems for different countries so the lat/long approach seemed most sensible. I hope it is anyway.

I doubt anybody will complain too vocally if some of the international mines do not have pinpoint accuracy ๐Ÿ˜‰ That does of course mean I now have to cancel a week's snorkelling holiday because I wanted to find that Greek sea mine that's in the database now :lol:
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carnkie
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17 years ago
"simonrl" wrote:

:)

That does of course mean I now have to cancel a week's snorkelling holiday because I wanted to find that Greek sea mine that's in the database now :lol:



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