Media reports in the aftermath of the earthquake/tsunami said that Sumatra had
moved laterally some 50 feet. If the lowland Sumatran antipode is flat enough,
that shouldn't make much difference, but it might preclude the need for
precision in the ten-foot range.
Lowell G. McManus
Leesville, Louisiana, USA
----- Original Message -----
From: "aletheia kallos" <aletheiak@...>
To: <BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2005 5:10 PM
Subject: [BoundaryPoint] ends of the earth update & outstanding questions
>
> the definitive ecuadorean half of the long awaited
> supposedly overnight delivery to cream hill of
> topographic depictions of the literally farthest flung
> pair of points on earth
> aka the ends of the earth
> which i so glibly predicted & expected last spring in
> http://egroups.com/group/BoundaryPoint/message/13591
> following upon 13551 & 13550 especially
> & which did in fact arrive here late last year
> has finally been caught up with & examined by me
>
> & with all due fanfare & drumroll
> the new improved coordinates
> for the primary target or cayambe summit point
> carefully measured & computed from this best available
> map to the nearest degminsec
> which is something less than a 100 foot square
> are
> nlat 00deg 01min 45sec
> &
> wlong 77deg 59min 07sec
>
> or to the nearest degminsecdec
> which is something less than a 10 foot square
> are
> nlat 00deg 01min 44sec 9dec
> &
> wlong 77deg 59min 07sec 49dec
>
> however
> i am not sure yet which of these levels of refinement
> is properly applicable to the 50000k map scale
> with my measurements having been visually estimated to
> the nearest quarter of a millimeter
>
> my sense & feeling are that the nearest tenth of a
> second is indeed significantly measurable at this
> scale
> so i will go with that for now
> but would love to hear from our mathematicians &
> cartographers on whether to properly round such
> potentially spurious refinement back to the nearest
> integral degminsec anyway
>
> & the only better way i can think of to really resolve
> this issue or further refine this point would be to
> lay a professional grade gps receiver on the summit
>
>
> also confirmed on the map is a summit altitude of 5790
> meters
>
>
> but in any case the degminsecdec coords for the
> antipodes
> or the secondary & essentially derivative target
> in lowland sumatra
> for which the topo still hasnt arrived
> but no matter
> are accordingly
> slat 00deg 01min 44sec 9dec
> &
> elong 102deg 00min 52sec 51dec
> & can accordingly be rounded off too if necessary
>
>
> & the still unknown exact altitude of this sumatran
> point will also be interesting to eventually learn
> because it will help determine the exact diametric
> distance thru the center of the earth between these
> farthest flung antipodes on earth
> down to the nearest meter perhaps
>
> but that is the only remaining significant loose end
> in this overall try
>
>
> i will wait to scan & post both topo swatches at once
> since it will be easier & they will make more sense
> that way too
>
> & how much longer could it take for the second one to
> arrive from sumatra anyway
>
>
> but clearly some flourish of congratulation would not
> be premature at this point
> & special thanx are already due anyway to len for
> precipitating this whole try
> however inadvertently
> with message 13504
> & to lowell for very deliberately advancing it at
> every stage
> & to mike for stacking all the extra height etc
> & to many other contributors too i believe
> who must have helped even if just by being here
>
>
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