Subject: Re: Visit to BCIDWA (and 49N 117W)<br/>
Date: Jul 27, 2004 @ 10:33<br/>
Author: aletheiak (&quot;aletheiak&quot; &lt;aletheiak@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-1339692287">--- In <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="mailto:BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com">BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com</a>, &quot;Dave Patton [DCP]&quot; <br/>
&lt;dpatton@c...&gt; wrote:<br/>
<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; I&#39;ve posted the narrative and photos detailing my<br/>
&gt; recent visit to the British Columbia/Idaho/Washington<br/>
&gt; (BCIDWA) tripoint and 49N 117W degree confluence on<br/>
&gt; the Degree Confluence Project website:<br/>
&gt; <br/>
 </span></blockquote><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.confluence.org/confluence.php?lat=49&lon=-117&visi">http://www.confluence.org/confluence.php?lat=49&lon=-117&visi</a><br/>
t=4<br/>
<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; <br/>
&gt; Hopefully the combination of the narrative and photos<br/>
&gt; will answer some of the questions raised in the prior<br/>
&gt; thread I started about BCIDWA(and BCIDMT).<br/>
&gt; <br/>
&gt; I&#39;ll leave it to &#39;the experts&#39; to determine what class<br/>
&gt; of tripoint visit this is ;-)<br/>
<br/>
 </span></blockquote>me too<br/>
as there are several difficulties here beyond my ability to resolve<br/>
<br/>
first<br/>
tho i did get a good look at your excellent report last night<br/>
the confluence page seems to have seized up this morning<br/>
so i cant get back to it now to double check the data<br/>
tho i trust it will soon be restored<br/>
<br/>
but in any case<br/>
when it was working<br/>
i was able to copy these nad83 coords for the 1909 disk<br/>
as presented on the 1998 tablet<br/>
nlat 48d59s57s110<br/>
wlong 117d01m56s715<br/>
<br/>
& tho the bcidwa monument does appear to be situated near the <br/>
middle of the clearcut & therefore nearly smack dab on caus<br/>
these coords dont compare well to the nad83 coords for the <br/>
neighboring markers published by the ibc<br/>
<br/>
namely<br/>
marker 196 to the east<br/>
nlat 48d59m57s6<br/>
wlong 116d59m28s0<br/>
& marker 195 to the west<br/>
nlat 48d59m57s2<br/>
wlong 117d01m43s6<br/>
<br/>
if all 3 sets of coords are correctly stated<br/>
the bcidwa marker would lie some distance west of 195<br/>
yikes<br/>
as well as about 30 feet south of the clearcut<br/>
yikes again<br/>
<br/>
so something is clearly & seriously out of whack there<br/>
<br/>
but maybe i should wait til you get the report on line again<br/>
so i can at least compare your gps readings to these coords<br/>
just to get an idea which ones might be off<br/>
<br/>
in any event <br/>
forgetting the coords for the moment<br/>
& based on your pix & descriptions alone<br/>
it certainly looks like at least class c<br/>
<br/>
<blockquote><span title="qreply"> &gt; If it&#39;s in some way important to the visit class, I<br/>
&gt; did touch the monument, the USGS brass cap, the US GLO<br/>
&gt; brass cap, the LSAW plaque, and the ground all around<br/>
&gt; the monument.<br/>
&gt; <br/>
&gt; -- <br/>
&gt; Dave Patton<br/>
&gt; Canadian Coordinator, Degree Confluence Project<br/>
&gt; <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.confluence.org/">http://www.confluence.org/</a><br/>
&gt; My website: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://members.shaw.ca/davepatton/">http://members.shaw.ca/davepatton/</a> </span></blockquote></div>