latitude/longitude - do they mean anything?

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latitude: 48° 51' 30" N, longitude 2° 17' 40" E = eiffel tower

Latitude: 34° 3' 10", Longitude: 4° 58' 58" = the middle of nowhere, algeria?

Latitude: 25° 0 Min. 0 Sec., Longitude: 45° 00 Min. 0 Sec. = dead center of saudi arabia

Latitude: 42° 53 Min. 0 Sec., Longitude: 8° 24 Min. 0 Sec. = Ligurian Sea, dead north of corsica

Latitude: 42° 36 Min. 0 Sec., Longitude: 5° 34 Min. 0 Sec. = Mediterranean sea, dead south of marseilles

Latitude: 42° 21 Min. 0 Sec., Longitude: 83° 42 Min. 0 Sec. = NW corner of China

Latitude: 21° 26 Min. 31 Sec., Longitude: 39° 51 Min. 28 Sec. = mecca, Saudi Arabia, Abtah Street?

Latitude: 43° 9 Min. 43 Sec., Longitude: 1° 14 Min. 14 Sec. = somebody's house in Fornex, France, south of toulouse.

Latitude: 42° 47 Min. 37 Sec., Longitude: 0° 32 Min. 45 Sec. = road(?) south of st aventin in the pyrenees near the border of spain in france.

Latitude: 21° 24 Min. 33 Sec., Longitude: 39° 54 Min. 11 Sec. = back to mecca, saudi arabia, this time in the east side of the city. can't tell what it is, maybe warehouses? all white buildings.




so the big question is - does this mean anything or is it just a way to keep a spastic fan/idiot like me busy for an hour or so?
 
these are on the inside of my digipac cd in the booklet. i assumed they would be in the regular issue cd too?

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Hm, that first one is obviously the eiffel tower, but that 2nd one looks like it's not actually the coordinates. It looks like a constellation! :hmm:

I checked the most obvious one, pesces, but it's not that.
 
Coordinates

Just out of curiosity, does anyone know which city the coordinates (latitude: 48 51' 30" N, longitude: 2 17' 40" E) on the front page of the booklet is referring to? It's not Fez or Dublin...
 
I figured out that non the front page it's Paris and at the back it's Cadiz.

but what are all the others inside the booklet?,

I googled the first one and I didn' t find it. there are 9 of them :reject:
 
this is the format needed for google maps.

this is Cadiz on the back of the book.

+36° 32' 0", -6° 18' 0"

when there are zeros in the " you can also minus 1 from the ' and put in 60"

so

+36° 31' 60", -6° 17' 60"
 
There are also coordinates on the Elevation Boston DVD. Did anyone look up what they point to?
 
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