Friday, September 9, 2011

GIS Lab 2 - Ex. 3b

The South Pacific
4. Where was the end of Earhart's "planned" flight path? - The end of the "planned" flight path ends somewhere in the South Pacific in  Howland Island via to Hawaii and then to California.
5. "Measure" tool to calculate the distance between the end of the planned route and probable route. - Using the measuring tool from Howland Island (planned route/blue) to Nikumaroro Island (probable route/yellow) its about 768.552744 km. thats a rounding of about 770 km. (478 mi.)
6. What was the name of the island she should have completed her journey? - Knowingly, the last island is Howland Island via northeast to Hawaii.

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