I have created a point-of-interest file containing the geodetic coordinates and brief descriptions of some of the sundials in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, two of the Canadian Maritime Provinces. The initial sources of information were Steve Lelievre's "Nova Scotia Sundial Trail" <http://users.eastlink.ca/~srgl/trail.htm> and the NASS Sundial Register <http://www.sundials.org/> plus various online mapping and other resources.
The text file has been created in a format which allowed conversion to a TomTom Navigator software POI overlay file (with suffix .ov2). See <http://www.tomtom.com/support/ce/support/nav_poi.php> for more information. The text file is easily read and could be converted to other GPS navigator POI or waypoint file formats. Attached are the small text and .ov2 files and a BMP icon which could be used with the .ov2 file. It would be useful for those of us who like visiting sundials on our vacations to have sundial POI files for other regions. What is needed are accurate WGS84 coordinates for the sundials or exact street addresses which can be mapped to the coordinates. -- Richard Langley =============================================================================== Richard B. Langley E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Geodetic Research Laboratory Web: http://www.unb.ca/GGE/ Dept. of Geodesy and Geomatics Engineering Phone: +1 506 453-5142 University of New Brunswick Fax: +1 506 453-4943 Fredericton, N.B., Canada E3B 5A3 Fredericton? Where's that? See: http://www.city.fredericton.nb.ca/ ===============================================================================
; Sundials in NB and NS Points-of-Interest (POI) Text File for TomTom Navigator ; Use MAKEOV2.EXE to create .ov2 file ; Created by Richard B. Langley, University of New Brunswick, 19 November 2005 ; Longitude, Latitude, "Name" ; ========== ============ ================================================================ -66.64093 , 45.96205 , "Vertical Wall Dial, Soldiers' Barracks, Fredericton, NB" -64.21009 , 45.83530 , "Pedestal Dial, Amherst Town Hall, Amherst, NS" -65.51581 , 44.74222 , "Pedestal Dial, Historic Gardens, Annapolis Royal, NS" -64.24157 , 44.53653 , "Armillary Sphere, Parade Square, Chester, NS" -64.30942 , 45.11077 , "Horizontal Dial, Acadian Memorial Church, Grand-Pré, NS" -63.57431 , 44.64362 , "Armillary Sphere, DalTech, Halifax, NS" -63.57855 , 44.64317 , "Horizontal Dial, Halifax Public Gardens, Halifax, NS" -63.61490 , 44.67549 , "Horizontal Dial, Seaview Memorial Park, Halifax, NS" -63.59218 , 44.63629 , "Pedestal Dial, Quadrangle, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS" -65.11979 , 44.87788 , "Pedestal Dial, Whitman Cemetary, Williamstown, NS" -59.98763 , 45.88903 , "Pedestal Dial, Engineer's House, Fortress of Louisbourg, NS" -65.07110 , 44.94378 , "Horizontal Dial, Macdonald Museum, Middleton, NS" -63.83432 , 44.89625 , "Pedestal Dial, Uniacke Estate Museum Park, Mt. Uniacke, NS" -64.37803 , 45.11619 , "Pedestal Dial, Prescott House Museum, Starr's Point, NS" -64.13907 , 44.98952 , "Pedestal Dial, Haliburton House Museum, Windsor, NS" -66.11557 , 43.83651 , "Portable Dial, Yarmouth County Museum, Yarmouth, NS"
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