- VTNYQC - been done?
Greetings again - Business will be taking me on the road near CAUS-VTNYQC this week - has it been done, or should I pack the ole camera? And no, I won t be
Nov 11, 2002 @ 10:49 - Meridien24 ("Meridien24" <meridien24@...>)
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hi jay both your posts were well enjoyed the attached pic was taken from the bridge on a dark day ny at left vt at right qc on the horizon i believe the
Nov 11, 2002 @ 13:49 - m donner ("m donner" <maxivan82@hotmail.com>)
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Your best bet would be to drive out to the fortification shown in Mike s photo and canoe out from there. The fort is Fort Montgomery, built but never used.
Nov 11, 2002 @ 15:24 - bjbutlerus ("bjbutlerus" <bjbutler@...>)
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Ol Ft. Blunder happens to be my desktop picture! -- check out the link below. It s only about 100 yards from the tripoint. Driving to Ft Montgomery is, well,
Nov 11, 2002 @ 16:55 - Meridien24 ("Meridien24" <meridien24@...>)
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oops i just found maptech gives a much better map than topozone & it does show a road crossing the moat to montgomery island so some remnant of that connection
Nov 11, 2002 @ 19:57 - acroorca2002 ("acroorca2002" <orc@...>)
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TopoZone seems to have the border misplaced!... Ft Montgomery isn t even there! Weird. Maptech s server must be down, I keep getting 404 s... I ll use
Nov 11, 2002 @ 21:28 - Meridien24 ("Meridien24" <meridien24@...>)
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What tripoint map? What sandbar? And what boat drop? BJB
Nov 11, 2002 @ 21:55 - bjbutlerus ("bjbutlerus" <bjbutler@...>)
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You have to make sure you copy and paste the whole URL into the Address field - you can t just click on it... the question mark in the URL seems to confuse the
Nov 11, 2002 @ 22:10 - Meridien24 ("Meridien24" <meridien24@...>)
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The boat ramp looks like a good fall-back in case the fort is inaccessible. I think I confused Fort Montgomery with Fort Montgomery State Park, whick is in
Nov 11, 2002 @ 22:23 - bjbutlerus ("bjbutlerus" <bjbutler@...>)
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... Montgomery isn t ... getting ... terraserver shows it just as well as maptech & topozone often crops the boundaries entirely making it a nightmare for
Nov 12, 2002 @ 00:48 - acroorca2002 ("acroorca2002" <orc@...>)
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The great circle through both monuments would intersect the middle of the lake north of both monuments, perhaps reconciling the USGS given position with your
Nov 12, 2002 @ 01:00 - bjbutlerus ("bjbutlerus" <bjbutler@...>)
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yes a beer for me too but because 645a is more than a second south of 644 i find it hard to visualize so much northering as you see & certainly not in the
Nov 12, 2002 @ 01:18 - acroorca2002 ("acroorca2002" <orc@...>)
- Re: VTNYQC - been done?
Agggh! my head hurts! Interesting indeed that the USGS has the VTNW/NYNE point NORTH of the markers! As long as all agree that the international boundary
Nov 12, 2002 @ 13:15 - Meridien24 ("Meridien24" <meridien24@...>)
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... the ... agree that the ... 645a, we ... you & i at least do agree so far the usigs defines line of sight as the straight line between 2 points & then says
Nov 12, 2002 @ 19:46 - acroorca2002 ("acroorca2002" <orc@...>)
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from message 7888 ... built ... well jay you may be interested to know i have finally satisfied myself that this analysis is indeed correct for tho i havent
Nov 14, 2002 @ 17:16 - acroorca2002 ("acroorca2002" <orc@...>)