Subject: RE: [BoundaryPoint] hapiri geocoords but why
Date: Oct 21, 2005 @ 18:04
Author: Hugh Wallis ("Hugh Wallis" <hugh@...>)
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owing to a crush of other events this morning
From: BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com [mailto:BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of aletheia kallos
Sent: Friday, October 21, 2005 1:14 PM
To: boundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [BoundaryPoint] hapiri geocoords but why
i scarcely resumed the hapiri try again before noon
when i finally succeeded in extracting from the usgs
topo the following utm zone 18 geocoordinate data
by careful measurement & eyeballing & computation
easting 636632m
northing 4697380m
but this is probably only to about the nearest couple
of meters of truth as i understand it
add to that the 3 foot range russ claims for his gps
receiver
& we have already reopened practically the same 10
foot window of his recollection
so i have to wonder if he had in mind any better
source of data than the usgs topo
or if anyone reading this knows of any better data
source
whether generally or specifically for hapiri
i can tell you the national geographics electronic
pinpointing process that the map salesman performed
for me yesterday was around 33 meters off on the
easting & 215 off on the northing
tho i dont know if that was complicated by any human
error
likely the first number wasnt & the second was
tho they both made me glad i bought the paper map
but anyway
whether anyone can help with this or not
it is already good reason to call russ the owner back
first to deliver these data & ask what better data i
could get for him
& possibly also
to wonder if there even is much point in using the gps
for this
if we have him himself
tho i think i would prefer to get closer to his gps
anyway also
& certainly to invite his continued involvement &
company & blessings
& i think i will suggest we try again during the next
dry spell
meaning probably late summer again
but mainly i will be calling him just to get or keep
it cooking
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