Reply to "GPS coordinates on maps"

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Bob, I have enough trouble getting some RDs to understand clear English reference point descriptions without being botanists. For example, here is a description from one certification: "On Independence Avenue, just before reaching the entrance to the Air & Space Museum. Approximately 100' before reaching 6th Street S.W. 6' beyond (west of) Metrobus Stop Sign 32-343-46-p17-p19-w-13".

The director of this large event and his helper somehow interpreted this description as "Go all the way to 7th Street and turn around". So the certified 10K became something more like 6.4 miles. They got all the other splits correct. I have no idea how they did this. I was at the race finish line that year. I got an earful from some of the faster runners.

3/18/1310:07 AM

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