Subject: SV: [BoundaryPoint] arbocl still looking fat because zapaleri summit is elusive
Date: Sep 26, 2006 @ 12:48
Author: Jesper Nielsen/Borderbase ("Jesper Nielsen/Borderbase" <jesper@...>)
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satpic attached with best guessed tripoint stretching
diagram as
usual
but the difficulties here are far greater than usual
for one
thing
a contour examination & elevation probe by mouse
revealed there
are at least 2 competing peaks on the
massif
several miles
apart
& for another
no adequate geocoords could be found to settle
the
matter
&
the published elevations for this peak dont
agree
either
& moreover these are at least 130 feet higher than
any
i was able to grope out at google earth
the last of these
obstacles to certainty may be
disposed of by my growing suspicion &
surmise that
google earth isnt nearly as accurate with altitudes as
it at
least seems to be with latitudes & longitudes
& i mention this
because these elevation readings
arent the first such surprising ones i
have
encountered with my mouse probes
when compared to published summit
elevation data
i would even go so far as to suggest that the
elevation
readings on google earth may be nearly as
unreliable as the border
depictions
except
these could still turn out to be off the mark by
a
fixed percentage of the truth
& thus
unlike the
borders
easily convertible & correctible
&
i can sidestep
all the other objections for the time
being too
at least in my own
mind
by noting that the position i have selected &
indicated by the
little red square does in any case at
least appear to be slightly higher than
any & all the
other candidates i could find
still
please take
this particular guess with a larger than
usual dose of salt
especially
coming right on the heels of my dead
certainty at aonazm
at least until
the data become more
reliable
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