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Subject: Re: Mecca
From: Richard Langley (lang@XXX.XXX)
Date: Fri Aug 25 2000 - 08:06:55 EDT
According to "The Correct Qibla" by S. Kamil Abdali (on the controversy as to
whether Muslims should pray in the direction of the geodesic connecting them
to Mecca or along a line through the Earth), the coordinates of Ka'ba
(the sacred mosque in Mecca) are 21-25-24 (degrees, minutes, seconds) N and
39-49-24 E.
-- Richard Langley
On Thu, 24 Aug 2000, Richard Langley wrote:
>I have the coordinates in my office at the university and will send them along
>tomorrow.
>-- Richard Langley
> Professor of Geodesy and Precision Navigation
>
>On Fri, 25 Aug 2000, R.H. van Gent wrote:
>
>>Dear all,
>>
>>I hope that my query will not be too much out of place on this list but
>>I would be most grateful if anyone could help me on this matter.
>>
>>As most list members will know the Kabah of Mecca (Saudi Arabia)
>>represents the geographical centre of the Islamic world and its exact
>>position with respect to Greenwich would seem to be exactly known. I
>>know that up to fairly recent times this was not so due to the fact that
>>the city of Mecca was (and still is) forbidden territory for
>>non-Muslims, making it virtually impossible for European surveyors to
>>determine its position with any exactitude.
>>
>>Modern encyclopaedias, atlases and internet gazetteers all give its
>>position as 21 degree 27 minutes North and 39 degree 49 minutes East of
>>Greenwich but do not specify for which part of Mecca this refers to. Can
>>anyone on this list quote more precise figures for the geographical
>>position of the Kabah of Mecca, preferably with a reference, or direct
>>me to sources that can provide me with this information?
>>
>>Thanks in advance.
>>
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>>* Robert H. van Gent * Tel/Fax: 00-31-30-2720269 *
>>* Zaagmolenkade 50 * *
>>* 3515 AE Utrecht * E-mail: r.h.vangent@XXX.XXX *
>>* The Netherlands * *
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> Richard B. Langley E-mail: lang@XXX.XXX
> Geodetic Research Laboratory Web: http://www.unb.ca/GGE/
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Richard B. Langley E-mail: lang@XXX.XXX
Geodetic Research Laboratory Web: http://www.unb.ca/GGE/
Dept. of Geodesy and Geomatics Engineering Phone: +1 506 453-5142
University of New Brunswick Fax: +1 506 453-4943
Fredericton, N.B., Canada E3B 5A3
Fredericton? Where's that? See: http://www.city.fredericton.nb.ca/
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