Subject: Re: SV: SV: [BoundaryPoint] arbocl still looking fat because zapaleri summit is elusive
Date: Sep 26, 2006 @ 15:43
Author: aletheia kallos (aletheia kallos <aletheiak@...>)
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i can now confirm the location of the photo showing
the tent & triangular form is out of the arbocl
ballpark since this ballpark is entirely puna like
as advertised
while the backdrop in the photo is much more high
sierra like

but it was fun

try it
youll like it
zoom in to the tripoint peak & then go horizontal &
then do a 360 whirly

--- aletheia kallos <aletheiak@...> wrote:

> whattt
>
> he equals is in latin
>
> & this is latin america
>
> but i do see a light triangular form now in front of
> the tent
>
> so you are wondering if this form isnt the arbocl
> tripoint rock
>
> but maybe the google earth contour navigation
> feature
> can answer such a question for us visually &
> experientially now
>
> for either the guess matches the neighborhood or it
> doesnt
>
> bravo
>
> a new state of play
>
> & maybe worth a peek on my way to bosnia
>
> --- Jesper Nielsen/Borderbase <jesper@...>
> wrote:
>
> > In front of tent.
> >
> > He=is
> >
> > --
> > Borderbase - your online guide to international
> > borders and tripoints
> > http://www.nicolette.dk/borderbase
> >
> >
> > _____
> >
> > Fra: BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com
> > [mailto:BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com] På
> > vegne af aletheia kallos
> > Sendt: 26. september 2006 15:51
> > Til: BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com
> > Emne: Re: SV: [BoundaryPoint] arbocl still looking
> > fat because zapaleri
> > summit is elusive
> >
> >
> >
> > 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@nicolette.
> > <mailto:jesper%40nicolette.dk> dk>
> > 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.geocitie
> >
>
<http://www.geocities.com/Pipeline/Dropzone/4246/jujuy1.htm>
> > s.com/Pipeline/Dropzone/4246/jujuy1.htm
> > >
> > > Jesper
> > >
> > > --
> > > Borderbase - your online guide to international
> > > borders and tripoints
> > > http://www.nicolett
> > <http://www.nicolette.dk/borderbase>
> e.dk/borderbase
> > >
> > >
> > > _____
> > >
> > > Fra: BoundaryPoint@
> > <mailto:BoundaryPoint%40yahoogroups.com>
> > yahoogroups.com
> > > [mailto:BoundaryPoint@
> > <mailto:BoundaryPoint%40yahoogroups.com>
> > yahoogroups.com] På
> > > vegne af aletheia kallos
> > > Sendt: 13. september 2006 16:26
> > > Til: boundarypoint@
> > <mailto:boundarypoint%40yahoogroups.com>
> > yahoogroups.com
> > > 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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