Subject: a nitpicky point at aocdzm<br/>
Date: Sep 13, 2006 @ 02:14<br/>
Author: aletheia kallos (aletheia kallos &lt;aletheiak@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-1219799846">because the ibs gives a pair of tripoint coords down<br/>
to tenths of a second or roughly 3 meter accuracy in<br/>
this rare case<br/>
only one of which oddly enough is qualified as<br/>
approximate <br/>
while the other isnt<br/>
i am not entirely sure we really do have 3 meter<br/>
accuracy here<br/>
<br/>
but assuming this was a clerical oversight rather than<br/>
a silly fact<br/>
as i do<br/>
& assuming the google earth geocoord registration is<br/>
accurate down to the first of its 2 decimal places of<br/>
degminsec anyway<br/>
or again roughly 3 meter accuracy<br/>
which i am almost but not quite willing to do at this<br/>
point<br/>
it seems it may yet become worth the extra effort for<br/>
us to place the pushpin a hair more carefully & or at<br/>
a slightly tighter zoom level<br/>
because it is looking about 10 meters northeast of<br/>
where the ibs suggests it should be<br/>
<br/>
not worth a satpic & tripoint stretching attachment to<br/>
be sure <br/>
because this alternative guess still falls within the<br/>
pushpin target square <br/>
but it is clearly off center & therefore off point to<br/>
that slight degree<br/>
<br/>
<br/>
still <br/>
this fairly begs the question<br/>
at what point does the degree of precision cease to<br/>
matter in pinning the tripoint to the satpic<br/>
especially in cases like this where we do expect<br/>
direct monumentation on site<br/>
<br/>
& oddly enough too<br/>
this question will be definitively answered at our<br/>
next stop<br/>
where accuracy down to the exact inch will be at least<br/>
purported<br/>
<br/>
<br/>
nor will i spoil your fun by telling you the names of<br/>
the 3 countries involved in this case nor the 3 at the<br/>
next tripoint<br/>
but will just assume you can remember the 2 that are<br/>
repeated verbatim here from the previous stop<br/>
& can then guess or recollect the third one from other<br/>
past experience or from your mental map<br/>
<br/>
& similarly at the next stop<br/>
etc etc<br/>
<br/>
<br/>
<br/>
<br/>
but just in case you do give up <br/>
you can still peek here in the answer drawer<br/>
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://home.worldonline.dk/jesniel/border/african_tripoints.htm#aocdzm">http://home.worldonline.dk/jesniel/border/african_tripoints.htm#aocdzm</a><br/>
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