(NOTE: The folowing is an excerpt from letter: sEN~137, dated 13 February 1952):
from D. T. Robbins, Chief Engineer, Hal, to Manager, A.E. Co, Albuquerque,
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11,148.91 E

"Greenhouse" coordinates

170%39-90 E 6,311.49847.06 E 125,304.64

3;7153.21

132,055.50 E 110,146,00

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103,067.64 E 262492 205
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To determine the location of any structure based on the "Ivy" coordinate system,

coordinates of zero,

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apply the difference in bearings between grids at the particular location to the
*Greenhouse® bearing. From the adjusted bearing and the given distance from zero
to a structure compute the difference in coordinates to be applied to the "Ivy"

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The relation between local grids used for the "Greenhouse" computations and the
new Atoll grid is as follows. This is based on the difference in bearings of
the sero lines as computed from the two systems, and gives the relation of structure
6A to gero at each of the three locations,

Pacific Southwest Region

. Reproduced from the holdings of the National Archives

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