Unofficial Coordinates for the Sterling, Illinois Control Points
Contest: Region 7, 1998
Courtesy of John Ackerman ( john_ackerman(at)qmgate.anl.gov )
Dated: 24 April, 1998
Magnetic Variation: 1.7W
Time zone: US/Central, summer offset from GMT is -5:00 and in winter it is -6:00.
The waypoint data are available directly at aerotow.evl.uic.edu/region7/1998-contest/turnpoints.html
Information about 1998 Region 7 Contest is available at aerotow.evl.uic.edu/region7/1998-contest/index.html
The primary specification of the waypoint coordinates is degrees, minutes, and seconds
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