Rhutobello, we meet again =) I see you have some really good points there... the way we interpret charts shows ONE possible way on how our life can be but we can change it to be positive, if we apply the right intentions and take the right actions... one of my new friends on here suggested I look at Vedic astrology/Iyotish. I have found a pretty good site with a chart calculator, but the author feels that some astrologers are very subjective about their approach to the charts, and there was no way to interpret the charts on the site because of that. I have not found a lot of information on how to interpret the charts, period. Are there any particular resources you can suggest?
And to Incognito_mosquito ... check this site for answers to your questions about latitude and longitude... this site is accurate as it seems.
http://itouchmap.com/latlong.html
A positive (+) longitude indicates you're within the Northern hemisphere, a negative (-) one in the Southern hemisphere, a positive (+) latitude indicates you're in the East (such as Europe, etc), a negative (-) latitude that you are in the West (like the U.S.) Had a little trouble with that myself, but in looking up my birthplace overseas and my place of residence in the U.S. it became pretty clear! If you want to be really specific, look this up with your street address and use the degree and minutes version of latitude and longitude.
I used this site for the chart generation:
http://www.planetarypositions.com/birthchart.html... instead of needing to put the (+) and (-) you just put the degree and minute, then the appropriate direction behind it so if you are in the U.S. the latitude will be N for North and the longitude W for West!
Hope, that helps!