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README FILE FOR LAROUTE.TXT
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The file laroute.txt contains 14 recommended waypoints to follow the LA Basin Tour described 
in Pilot Getaways magazine. For a full description and map of the tour, see page 8 of the Fall 2000 issue. 

The file is in ASCII, tab-delimited format. The first line contains the field names, defined as follows:

ID:	Four or five-character waypoint ID. Note that all user waypoints start with "1"
so that they appear together on an alphabetical listing of waypoints.

Name:	Name of the waypoint. Many waypoint names start with the word, "abeam," such 
as "Abeam Hollywood Sign/Griffith Observatory." In this case, the coordinates shown are those 
of the flight path and may be one or two miles from the actual landmark.

LatD:	Whole degrees of latitude of the waypoint.

LatM:	Minutes and tenths of minutes of latitude of the waypoint (e.g. "42.3"). 

N/S:	Always "N" to signify north latitude (required by some GPS programs).

LonD:	Whole degrees of longitude of the waypoint.

LonM:	Minutes and tenths of minutes of longitude of the waypoint (e.g. "25.3"). 

E/W:	Always "W" to signify west longitude (required by some GPS programs).

RecomAlt:	Recommended altitude at the waypoint on the LA Basin Tour.


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