<div dir="ltr"><div><div>Wayne,<br>Nice - very detailed report. (I am not updated with the news, hehe) <br></div><div>What got me curious was the Military Grid Reference - how to convert to
WGS84? any ideas? I don't know if the crude method I used was correct.<br><br>I'll try to work my way backwards to verify if the computed Lat Long from the SMS (tweeted) message made sense from what actually happened.<br></div><br></div>Thanks,<br>Rally <br><div><div><br><br></div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 8:58 AM, Wayne Manuel <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:wdmanuel@gmail.com" target="_blank">wdmanuel@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span class=""><div dir="ltr">Hey Rally,<div><br></div><div>The PNP Presentation in the Senate showed the location on a map with a satellite image (Google Earth).</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/430388/news/nation/full-presentation-pnp-board-of-inquiry-fact-file-on-mamasapano-clash" target="_blank">http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/430388/news/nation/full-presentation-pnp-board-of-inquiry-fact-file-on-mamasapano-clash</a><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></span><div class="gmail_extra"><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br clear="all"><div><div>Wayne Manuel</div></div>
<br></font></span><div class="gmail_quote"><span class="">On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 2:44 AM, Rally de Leon <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ralleon@gmail.com" target="_blank">ralleon@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div class="h5"><div dir="ltr">There is a coordinate given here:<br><a href="https://twitter.com/ANCALERTS/status/564990109913608193/photo/1" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/ANCALERTS/status/564990109913608193/photo/1</a><br>"GC 6798365714"<br><br><div>Assuming "6798365714" as<font><span style="font-weight:normal"> Military Grid Reference System</span></font></div><div><br>I tried this online MGRS to WGS84 Converter:<br><a href="http://www.legallandconverter.com/p50.html" target="_blank">http://www.legallandconverter.com/p50.html</a><br><br>using MGRS format --> 51N XH 67983 65714 <br><br></div><div>where: <br> 51N is GZD (Grid Zone Designator) based on <a href="http://www.legallandconverter.com/images/world-mgrs-grid.jpg" target="_blank">http://www.legallandconverter.com/images/world-mgrs-grid.jpg</a><br><br></div><div> XH is the "100-km Grid Square ID" from shp file of 51N on <a href="http://earth-info.nga.mil/GandG/coordsys/grids/mgrs_1km_polygon_dloads.html#Downloading" target="_blank">http://earth-info.nga.mil/GandG/coordsys/grids/mgrs_1km_polygon_dloads.html#Downloading<br></a><br></div><div>Result:<br></div><div>WGS84 --> <b>Lat 6.92489 Long 124.52047</b></div><div><br>This points to a familiar area on:<br><a href="http://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.9249&mlon=124.5205#map=14/6.9249/124.5205" target="_blank">http://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.9249&mlon=124.5205#map=14/6.9249/124.5205</a><br><br></div><div>Could this be it?<br></div><div><br>There's a drone video by Raffy Tima described as <br>"<span><span>an aerial view of the PNP-SAF extraction route towards waiting SAF commandos on the highway more than a kilometer away</span></span>." <br>I don't know if it's pointing to the same area:<br><a href="http://instagram.com/p/y4GftOx1RF/?utm_source=partner&utm_medium=embed&utm_campaign=video" target="_blank">http://instagram.com/p/y4GftOx1RF/?utm_source=partner&utm_medium=embed&utm_campaign=video</a><br><br></div></div>
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