----------------------------Original message---------------------------- At 04:34 PM 5/7/96 EDT, Donna Schenstrom wrote: >----------------------------Original message---------------------------- >A professor has come in requesting information on the Palestine Grid, >also referred to as the Israel Grid. Are there base lines that >correspond to Lat/Long. He would like to transform >coordinates from the Palestine Grid system to Lat/Long. Any references >would be appreciated. >TIA >--------------------------------------------------------------------------- >Donna G. Schenstrom >Head Cartographer >Cartographic Services Laboratory >University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee >PO Box 413 >Milwaukee, WI 53201 > 414-229-4865 >email: [log in to unmask] 414-229-4866 Geography >UWM homepage: http://www.uwm.edu 414-229-3981 Fax > > Dear Donna, I have three references for you. The most complete description is contained in: Clough, A.B., Brigadier (comp.). Maps and Survey. London: The War Office, 1952. Series: The Second World War[,] 1939-1945[,] Army. See pages 77 and 122-124. Briefly, on page 122 it says, "The origin was a point at Jerusalem with geographical co-ordinates:- Lat. 31* 44' 02.749" Long. 35* 12' 39.290" + 4.200" The additional 4.200" to the longitude was in accordance with a 1928 decision to adopt the French value for the longitude of points of juncion with the French triangulation in the north, and to correct all Palestine longitudes accordingly." On page 77 it says: "The grid systems adopted for the various zones within the theatre are referred to briefly below... Palestine. ATransverse Mercator grid covered Palestine and Trans-Jordan. This extended from the eastern limit of the Egyptian Red belt to its junction with the Iraq grid in the east, and northward to its junction with the Levant grid just north of Haifa." If you need a photocopy of pgs 122-124, let me know and I'll mail it to you. You will certainly have the Atlas of Israel. The 1970 edition, text accompanying map I/6 is a bit more complete in its description of the grid than that which accompanies the same map in the 1985 edition. However only the latter names the Israel Grid. Ron Whistance-Smith 14520 84 Ave. Edmonton, AB Canada T5R 3X2 email: [log in to unmask]