Article: 4764 of sci.geo.satellite-nav From: jltodaro@unix.asb.com (Jim Todaro) Newsgroups: sci.geo.satellite-nav Subject: Re: Four Corners Location? Message-ID: <3b8e4fc6.11669720@news.i-2000.com> References: X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.5/32.451 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 36 Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2001 02:21:06 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 207.97.189.79 X-Complaints-To: abuse@i-2000.com X-Trace: newsreader.i-2000.net 999051267 207.97.189.79 (Tue, 28 Aug 2001 22:14:27 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2001 22:14:27 EDT Path: news.meer.net!sea-read.news.verio.net!dfw-artgen.news.verio.net!dfw-peer.news.verio.net!news.verio.net!crtntx1-snh1.gtei.net!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.gtei.net!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news-peer1.sprintlink.net!news-in-central.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.i-2000.net!newsreader.i-2000.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Xref: archive.mv.meer.net sci.geo.satellite-nav:4764 Presuming that Four Corners is supposed to be at N37.00000 W109.00000, I asked my Streets and Trips 2001, Sony Skymap and MapSens Streets where they thought that was. The monument that is, which is in a little circle off of US-160. S&T2001= 36.99912N 109.04520W (2.50 miles W of N37 W109) Sony Skymap= 37.003326N 109.050400W Mapsend Streest= N36D, 54.94 min W 109D, 02.71 min On Tue, 28 Aug 2001 21:06:17 GMT, "Greg Marshall" wrote: >Just finished a trip through the US Southwest, including a visit to the Four >Corners tourist location (trap?) at the point where Colorado, Utah, Arizona >and New Mexico meet. According to my GPS, the integer latitude and longitude >closest to this point is several hundred metres more or less north west of >the location of the monument. My GPSIII+ is normally quite a bit more >accurate than that... >Questions: >1. Is this confluence supposed to be at integer latitude and longitude? If >it is... > >2. Is there some history of inaccuracy in the survey that would account for >it? >3. Could it be that the first nations folks that run the market there have >relocated it a tad to keep their construction costs down. The terrain over >in the direction of the integer lat-long is pretty rough and would need a >lot of fill to turn it into a parking lot? > >Why am I so suspicious? > >Greg >