Subject: RE: how to determine distance from line?<br/>
Date: Sep 09, 2004 @ 14:28<br/>
Author: Ron McConnell (&quot;Ron McConnell&quot; &lt;rcmcc@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-1722224607">_IF_ my calculation of a point _somewhere_<br/>
on the LSAW #5 plaque<br/>
being 0.024 sec lat or 7.473 cm = 2.942 in. due south<br/>
of the #194 to #195 line of sight<br/>
(great circle by my choice/guess) is correct<br/>
(or at least in the ballpark),<br/>
then the US-Canada border probably crosses the plaque.<br/>
The plaque appears to be big enough.<br/>
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  &lt;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.confluence.org/photo.php?visitid=8945&pic=5">http://www.confluence.org/photo.php?visitid=8945&pic=5</a>&gt;<br/>
<br/>
With all the potential sources of inaccuracy,<br/>
the border may cross the middle.<br/>
Anyone know who might know,<br/>
like the Land Surveyors Assoc. of Washington themselves?<br/>
<br/>
  &lt;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.lsaw.org">http://www.lsaw.org</a>&gt;<br/>
<br/>
In a search there I found a mention of their<br/>
&quot;remomumentation project,&quot; but no explicit description<br/>
of the monuments so far.  This plaque was installed<br/>
in 1998.  The LSAW Historical Society records online<br/>
seem to start with the 2nd half of 1999.<br/>
<br/>
Would it be cheating to directly ask them<br/>
about their plaque, now that we have some numbers<br/>
(correct or not)?  :)<br/>
<br/>
Cheers, 73,<br/>
<br/>
Ron McC.<br/>
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="mailto:w2iol@...">w2iol@...</a><br/>
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Ronald C. McConnell, PhD<br/>
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