Yes indeed. I didn't notice this at all before, but
now that you point it out I can see there is
defitinely no dogleg at all: the lines are straight.
Looking along the Swiss border - I think there is no
dot at all. I think the line is continuous. Here is
a combo photo - the B&W pic plus the pic from
http://www.utfeldo.de/privat/prv_na00.htm . You can
see there has been significant weathering. I think
the color photo demonstrates the lines are most likely
continous (no dot at the tp). Wish the photos could
show more definition though.
--- "Lowell G. McManus" <
mcmanus71496@msn.com> wrote:
> I think I can explain the apparent 1-cm offset in
> the ATIT line on the top of
> the stone. It is a spurious effect of lighting.
>
> The lines are carved as deep V-shaped channels in
> the stone, and the lighting is
> from the upper right. Thus the Swiss and Austrian
> sides of both V's are in
> shadow, while the Italian side of each is lit and
> appears white. All you are
> seeing here in this black-and-white photo are the
> shadowed halves of each line,
> while the actual boundaries lie in the bottom of
> each V. The same offset effect
> can be observed in the left serif of the letter "I"
> for Italy.
>
> Lowell G. McManus
> Leesville, Louisiana, USA
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michael Kaufman" <mikekaufman79@yahoo.com>
> To: <BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2004 4:23 PM
> Subject: Re: [BoundaryPoint] Re: atchit wasnt chfrit
> -> Lost cairn?
>
>
> > Is this the original photo of AT-CH-IT that was
> lost?
> > And it looks as if the AT-IT border take a slight
> turn
> > to the left before hitting the tp. If the tp is
> the
> > dot, then it is 1 cm or so to the left of where
> the
> > straight line AT-IT would hit CH. But it is a
> black
> > and white image and hard to tell, though it does
> seem
> > older (and thus less weathered) than the newer
> color
> > photos we have seen.
> > Mike
>
>
>
>
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