Article: 4832 of sci.geo.satellite-nav Lines: 35 X-Admin: news@aol.com From: osugeography@aol.com (Osugeography) Newsgroups: sci.geo.satellite-nav Date: 29 Aug 2001 16:22:48 GMT References: Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com Subject: Re: Four Corners Location? Message-ID: <20010829122248.01923.00002819@mb-fu.aol.com> 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!washdc3-snh1.gtei.net!news.gtei.net!portc03.blue.aol.com!audrey04.news.aol.com!not-for-mail Xref: archive.mv.meer.net sci.geo.satellite-nav:4832 >Subject: Four Corners Location? >From: "Greg Marshall" gregm@home.com >Date: 8/28/01 4:06 PM Central Daylight Time >Message-id: Greg - here is what I got there in late May of this year with my III+: 36.99898 N., 109.04516 E. Two instantaneous readings and one averaged reading (about 90 seconds duration ) were extremely close. Marvin Sebourn osugeography@aol.com >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