How do we know that the tripoint is correct and the
topomap border/tripoint position is wrong (as opposed
to the topo depicted tripoint being correct and the
marker incorrect)? Did the tripoint marker say
anything on it?

--- aletheiak <aletheiak@...> wrote:

>
> fresh virgin multipoint today class a
>

http://topozone.com/map.asp?lat=39.72417&lon=-77.47167

> where the mason dixon line crosses the blue ridge
> tho i only just realized they even do cross
> yikes
> at the interstate tricounty point of franklin county
> pennsylvania
> with frederick & washington counties of maryland
> aka frfrwa or mdpa3frfrwa or technically
> us2mdpa3frfrwa
> marked by a shiny round topped stone post in
> someones side yard
>
> & tho i cant tell whether the blue ridge itself may
> continue in the
> scramble of mountains still farther north from here
> this point does mark the northern limit of the use
> of the blue ridge
> as a state &or county boundary
>
> in fact frfrwa is exactly 1 tricounty point & 1
> state line north from
> mdvawv on the blue ridge
> & all very cleanly so
> seeing as the frwa county line completely transsects
> maryland along
> the blue ridge
>
> all of which you can see if you zoom out
>
> but if you zoom in
> you will find this topo is quite odd
> in showing the tripoint & the marker in 2 different
> locations
>
> on the ground
> there is only an ordinary mdpa marker at the
> tripoint position shown
> on the topo
> but the true tripoint marker is the one shown about
> 50 yards farther
> east on the opposite side of the road
>
> marker 92 still farther east is a mason dixon
> milestone
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