I should have said "bound to be on the hypothetical boundary" and of
course you're right, once the markers were set they defined the boundary.
--- In BoundaryPoint@y..., orc@o... wrote:
> they are all bound to be on the boundary
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> btw i was seeing things too to think they werent in decimal seconds
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> offcourse they were
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> but bills theory can be tested by comparing the neighbor positions
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> m
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> --- In BoundaryPoint@y..., bjbutler@b... wrote:
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> > I imagine it's just statistical. Out of 1039 monuments, one of them
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> > was bound to be on the boundary. I think the precise positions listed
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> > were determined with DGPS, probably long after the markers were set.
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> >
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> > --- In BoundaryPoint@y..., "Bill Hanrahan" <hanrahan@k...> wrote:
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> > > Brian,
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> > >
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> > > Any opinion as to why Monument 490 is as accurate as it is with
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> > respect to latitude? I assume that monumentation of the 49th is as
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> > varied as it is due to the limitations of older astronomical surveys,
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> > etc. Since "once it's marked, it's marked" is the general rule, is
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> > fair to conclude that #490 was surveyed much more recently than most
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> > of the other monuments?
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> > >
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> > > Bill
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> > > ----- Original Message -----
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> > > From: bjbutler@b...
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> > > To: BoundaryPoint@y...
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> > > Sent: Monday, November 26, 2001 4:59 PM
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> > > Subject: [BoundaryPoint] 49th Parallel FunFacts
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> > >
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> > >
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> > > The "49th parallel" portion of theUS/Canada boundary
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> > > is marked by 1039 monuments and crosses the 49th parallel 15
times,
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> > > at locations between the following pairs of monuments
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> > >
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> > >
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> > > Only one monument actually staddles the 49th parallel:
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> > >
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> > > Monument 490 - N49°00'00.00" W106°59'06.45"