Subject: Re: [BoundaryPoint] Re: Plate Tectonics and Lat/Long boundaries
Date: Nov 15, 2003 @ 14:31
Author: Lowell G. McManus ("Lowell G. McManus" <mcmanus71496@...>)
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From: "Eric Choate" <choatune@...>
To: <BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, November 15, 2003 1:33 AM
Subject: [BoundaryPoint] Re: Plate Tectonics and Lat/Long boundaries
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> > Here's an image(30KB) showing the relationship of the border
> monuments,
> > and the border, to 49 degrees north:
> > http://members.shaw.ca/canmapinfo/temp/49thborder.png
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> Thanks. I like this graph, but what is the scale on the vertical
> axis. Also have you determined which side was short-changed? My
> guestimate is that there are more Canadian square kilometers that
> should be American square miles, but how many?
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> the monument coordinates are listed at
> http://www.internationalboundarycommission.org/coordinates/M49thp.txt
> and i can calculate the area if you haven't already.
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> Actually now I think I can answer my first question myself. I
> believe the distance between marker 4 and the 49th parallel is about
> 250.2 meters.
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> Eric
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