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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yikes but is he the name of the marker

or do you mean he
as in here
or he
as in hehe
or just he
as in he

my transsexagenarian eye makes him out as a tent

he is clearly at a high place in jujuy

--- Jesper Nielsen/Borderbase <jesper@...>
wrote:

> My placemark is strangely placed on the slope of the
> 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
>
http://www.geocities.com/Pipeline/Dropzone/4246/jujuy1.htm
>
> Jesper
>
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> Sendt: 13. september 2006 16:26
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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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