brite1212 Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 Hey everyone im new here and in the process of learning autocad. I have a newbie question that concerns this paragraph---The area is located in a state that bases all surveys on the intersection of a meridian and a baseline for that state. Therefore, the origin (or point 0,0) for all surveys is at that intersection, and any X and Y coordinates tell the distance in feet from the intersection. If, for example, a benchmark is at point 11675,39532, the benchmark is 2.21 miles east of the intersection and 7.49 miles north of the intersection---- that's the paragraph and my question is how can you determine that the benchmark is 2.21mi east and 7.49mi north of the intersection by knowing that the coordinates are 11675,39532? Please help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 Let me guess. You are enrolled in the Penn-Foster AutoCAD course and you are working on the Oleson Village project trying to lay out the subdivision boundary. Is that correct? Penn-Foster projects are not known for their accuracy. If one does the conversion from miles to feet the results come out as follows: 2.12 miles = 11668.8 feet 7.49 miles = 39547.2 feet Coordinates are express in X/Y terms. "X" in this case would be east while "Y" would be north. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobDraw Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 When the coordinates are in feet and the distance is in miles, divide by the number of feet in a mile, 5280. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 I'd suggest taking a look in the Student Projects Questions subforum of the one you started this thread in as you'll find a number of threads regarding this particular project. Some of the threads will have images of the project attached which you may find helpful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brite1212 Posted May 2, 2016 Author Share Posted May 2, 2016 Thanks RobDraw! I did the calculations and you are correct, thanks again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brite1212 Posted May 2, 2016 Author Share Posted May 2, 2016 Ok I will and thanks ReMark for pointing me in the right direction Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brite1212 Posted May 2, 2016 Author Share Posted May 2, 2016 Thanks for the insight ReMark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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