Subject: [BoundaryPoint] Re: The end of BoundaryPoint as we knew it
Date: Nov 06, 2004 @ 00:14
Author: aletheiak ("aletheiak" <aletheiak@...>)
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> --- Wolfgang Schaub
> <Wolfgang.Schaub@c...> wrote:
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> > one and only top - it comes like an orgasm.
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> Hrm..
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> > But enigmas remain, even on summits: What for
> example, is the meaning of the
> > mark "KT" on the trigonometric stone on top of
> Sorgschrofen in Jungholz.
>
> Peter Hering would be able to answer this, but I
> recently learned he does not log on too often so I
> will try to take his place on this one.
>
> Please take a look at the attachment first.
>
> I think we have come to agree that the "KT" on one or
> more stones means "Katasterstein". We think this is a
> reference stone used to determine other geographic
> positions, such as the border stones.
>
> The other stones, labelled "V.St", are probably
> "Versicherungssteine", i. e. extra stones put in place
> to act as a backup, should the position of the
> KT-stone shift for some reason.
>
> Note the measurement grid that has been spun between
> the V.St:s, other points and the KT in the middle.
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