Subject: Re: mdvawv try advancing again too<br/>
Date: Aug 18, 2004 @ 20:40<br/>
Author: aletheiak (&quot;aletheiak&quot; &lt;aletheiak@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-1285606600">thanx very much indeed ron <br/>
& not only for the confirmations but it is also great to know we <br/>
have all this precision power available now when necessary<br/>
<br/>
<br/>
what error range of gps readings are you able to obtain in the <br/>
field<br/>
<br/>
we already have a few particularly elusive points <br/>
i mean besides mdvawv <br/>
that we would like to put to a finer test than we have so far been <br/>
able to do<br/>
<br/>
i imagine something on the order of 10 feet is our present gps <br/>
error range<br/>
so you can see why a retractable tape measure might be better<br/>
<br/>
& i say our loosely since i dont even have a gps receiver myself<br/>
& expect many members dont have a tape measure<br/>
etc etc<br/>
<br/>
<br/>
your home tripoint vanctn isnt one of the more elusive ones tho<br/>
<br/>
<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; &quot;...I really trust the surveyor guy implicitly<br/>
&gt; all the way to the last digit...&quot;<br/>
&gt; That&#39;s usually a good thing.<br/>
&gt; It wasn&#39;t always so.  When I was growing up<br/>
&gt; in sw VA, I heard that the surveyors<br/>
&gt; who did the VA-NC-TN line got drunk one day<br/>
&gt; and strayed a bit north.<br/>
&gt; Kingsport, TN was supposed to have been in VA.<br/>
&gt; Does anyone have any references or info about that?<br/>
<br/>
 </span></blockquote>not about the drinking or kingsport in particular <br/>
which seems too far south to have been afflicted by the border<br/>
but about these state lines in general & the jog or stitch they <br/>
produce near this tripoint<br/>
there is quite a bit in a usgs publication entitled<br/>
boundaries of the united states & the several states<br/>
by franklin k van zandt<br/>
<br/>
also about this nctnva tripoint per se<br/>
see especially the parsell pdf in our files section<br/>
pp61&62<br/>
&<br/>
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://groundhog.gohdnu.org/roadtrip/day6.html">http://groundhog.gohdnu.org/roadtrip/day6.html</a><br/>
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<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; Sorry about getting wound up and so long winded.<br/>
&gt; Some of my favorite hot buttons were touched.  :)<br/>
&gt; <br/>
&gt; Comments, suggestions, and especially corrections<br/>
<br/>
 </span></blockquote>good <br/>
no corrections<br/>
& please do hold forth as much as you like<br/>
<br/>
indeed keep us correct<br/>
<br/>
we are lucky to have you</div>