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Member Since: November 2002 Posts: 3,513 Send Message	(¯`•.¸Karen on the Coast(¯`•.¸	Report	13 Sep 2004 13:02
	i posted a msg on here last week regarding lat and long and it got me thinking about some of my grandads stuff. among his naval things was a certifcate stating lat and long so went onto map quest and there weren't enough numbers required so can someone help me out please; this is what it says given at our court on the equator long105 32e, karen
Member Since: November 2002 Posts: 3,513 Send Message	(¯`•.¸Karen on the Coast(¯`•.¸	Report	13 Sep 2004 13:26
	thanks linda, i'll go and look on the map, karen
Member Since: November 2003 Posts: 720 Send Message	Hawthorn	Report	13 Sep 2004 14:04
	I THINK the location will be close to the island of Pulau Sebangka, which is one of a group of islands off the east coast of Sumatra. If this location is right it's a few hundred miles south east of Singapore.
Member Since: November 2002 Posts: 3,513 Send Message	(¯`•.¸Karen on the Coast(¯`•.¸	Report	13 Sep 2004 15:01
	thanks brian, my grandfather died when i was 4 so its nice to find out things that perhaps i would have been able to ask him, karen