wrote:
My charts have lat and lon in hours, min and seconds,

Wow! Lines on paper!

Capt.American wrote:
Not just lines Tonto, a geographic (earth-mapping) coordinate system
expresses every horizontal position on Earth by two of the three
coordinates of a spherical coordinate system which is aligned with the
spin axis of the Earth. It defines two angles measured from the center
of the Earth:*the latitude measures the angle between any point and the
equator*the longitude measures the angle along the equator from an
arbitrary point on the

Earth

Very impressive. Who sold you these mid-ocean charts, paleface?

Most were given to me, many were collected from various derlicts, and
a few came from Baker & Lynch.


Ever heard of a plotting sheet?

Sure, you take the information from a plotting sheet and put it on a
chart. BTW Tonto a plotting sheet is not a blank sheet of paper either.

http://www.efalk.org/Navigation/plot1.html


The whole ocean is a "submarine operating area."

Listen Chief, some areas are restricted submarine training areas, you
will find these areas around islands in the oceans like Guam, and
similar Naval bases. Unless you wan't to be on bottom of the ocean like
a Japanese whaling school for retards, I suggest you avoid these areas.


You will also find restricted areas in the coast pilot for that area.

That's the first smoke signal you puffed worth reading.

Capt. American

-signed- Injun Ear (formerly known as Eagle Eye)