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072 Arcseconds to meters conversion factor

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The heat and sun altered the laboratory to take advantage of shade and the new metric measuring wheel. Start location at 6° 54' 35" north, 158° 09' 30" east. 8:00 measured along a line of latitude. Iryann and Maicalany at the start location. The heat was concerning, so the class moved from shade location to shade location, taking advantage of the metric wheel. After a stop in the shade of the Terminalia catappa, the next shade was at the parking lot. iPhone Compass app users simply recorded the seconds value shown. Android users with GPSTest recorded arcseconds to the hundredth of an arcsecond.  GPSTest arcsecond data, distances were wherever there was shade. The new measuring wheel made this work beautifully. Shade was grabbed where it could be found along the route.  259 meters Ashton at the next shade stop. Board data At 11...