Hey - I'm posting via e-mail for the first time. Sorry to all if this doesn't work. I figure this is the best way to ship an attachment along. And maybe a hyperlink.
On the topic of VTNYQC -- Here's what I gathered from ArcView and MS Streets - as you said tho, it goes off USGS topo, but it appears (from here anyway) to be valid
45.01083 N
73.34314 W
which converts to (I think)
N 45d00m38s9880 W 73d20m35s3040
Any thoughts? The station's meteorologist tells me that it should
freeze at some point this year... any other border freaks from my area interested in making this an "ground-breaking" (or ice-breaking) expedition?
Anyway. On my way to Montreal, I snapped this picture of NY276, a
road which follows the border a few feet on the US side. Marker 649B is visible. You'll notice it's taken from my car, "parked" across the border. I thought
of getting out to take some fancier snaps but the low-flying border
patrol helicopter right above, made me go on my way to Canadian customs...
NY276 on TerraServer:
http://terraserver.homeadvisor.msn.com/image.aspx?t=2&s=12&x=784&y=6231&z=18&w=2
--Jay Di Battista
Plattsburgh, NY
WPTZ-TV