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Subject: Re: Mecca
From: Lu Abel (lu.abel@XXX.XXX)
Date: Sat Aug 26 2000 - 23:57:50 EDT
I'm not sure what is meant by the "geodesic," but as a curiosity question,
does anyone know if when a Muslim determines the direction to Mecca is it
the rhumb line or the great circle?? I asked while on a tour of a mosque,
but the guide didn't understand the difference.
TIA
Lu Abel
At 09:06 AM 8/25/00 -0300, you wrote:
>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.
>>>
>>>========================================================
>>>* Robert H. van Gent * Tel/Fax: 00-31-30-2720269 *
>>>* Zaagmolenkade 50 * *
>>>* 3515 AE Utrecht * E-mail: r.h.vangent@XXX.XXX *
>>>* The Netherlands * *
>>>********************************************************
>>>* Home page: http://www.phys.uu.nl/~vgent/homepage.htm *
>>>========================================================
>>>
>>
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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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> 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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