Find the point specified by 3 latitude and longitude points, and 3 distances

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Published on 2010-05-11T18:58:27Z Indexed on 2010/05/11 19:34 UTC
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There exists an unknown target location (latitude and longitude co-ordinates). I have 3 latitude and longitude co-ordinate pairs and for each pair a distance in miles to the target location. How can I calculate the co-ordinates of the target location?

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