Subject: Re: SV: [BoundaryPoint] arbocl still looking fat because zapaleri summit is elusive
Date: Sep 26, 2006 @ 13:51
Author: aletheia kallos (aletheia kallos <aletheiak@...>)
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> My placemark is strangely placed on the slope of thehttp://www.geocities.com/Pipeline/Dropzone/4246/jujuy1.htm
> hill. I guess GE may
> have adjusted the terrain. I will adjust
> accordingly.
>
> I wonder if this is actually the tp marker he on the
> last picture on
>
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> Emne: [BoundaryPoint] arbocl still looking fat
> because zapaleri summit is
> elusive
>
>
>
> 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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