Article: 5743 of sci.geo.satellite-nav From: "Arthur Hass" Newsgroups: sci.geo.satellite-nav References: <9mhgl3$fqs$1@lily.cs.ubc.ca> <20010904.7950CF8.8F6A@mojaveg.iwvisp.com> Subject: Re: Four Corners Location? Lines: 50 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Message-ID: Date: Tue, 04 Sep 2001 17:30:26 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.18.170.159 X-Complaints-To: abuse@home.net X-Trace: news1.rdc1.md.home.com 999624626 24.18.170.159 (Tue, 04 Sep 2001 10:30:26 PDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 04 Sep 2001 10:30:26 PDT Organization: Excite@Home - The Leader in Broadband http://home.com/faster Path: news.meer.net!sea-read.news.verio.net!dfw-artgen.news.verio.net!dfw-peer.news.verio.net!news.verio.net!crtntx1-snh1.gtei.net!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.gtei.net!newshub2.home.com!news.home.com!news1.rdc1.md.home.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Xref: archive.mv.meer.net sci.geo.satellite-nav:5743 Yes. It's at: N36.893504 W106.582592 Looks like they were off by a couple of thousand feet. Arthur Hass Reston, VA "Everett M. Greene" wrote in message news:20010904.7950CF8.8F6A@mojaveg.iwvisp.com... > dpatton@remove-for-nospam.direct.ca (Dave Patton) writes: > > davem@cs.ubc.ca (Dave Martindale) wrote in <9mhgl3$fqs$1@lily.cs.ubc.ca>: > > >"Greg Marshall" writes: > > > > > >>2. Is there some history of inaccuracy in the survey that would account > > >>for it? > > > > > >Probably just the accuracy of the tools they had then. For another > > >similar example, look at the US-Canada border (between Lake Superior and > > >the west coast) compared to 49 degrees north latitude on a decent-scale > > >topographic map. There's quite a bit of error sometimes. > > > > > >The surveyors did the best they could when setting up a bunch of > > >monuments, and now the border is defined by those monuments, not the > > >precise 49 degree latitude. > > > > If anyone wants to see a list of the actual boundary monuments, > > and their positions, that define the entire Canada/US border, > > go to the International Boundary Commission website at: > > http://www.geocan.nrcan.gc.ca/ibc/ibcprod.htm#coord > > Another related question has to do with the 37N line that's > the boundary for Arizona, New Mexico, and Oklahoma. If you > look at a detailed map of the Colorado/New Mexico border > around Chama, NM, you'll notice a "glitch". Is this due to > the line having been surveyed from opposite directions and > the ends didn't quite meet? > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Everett M. Greene (The Mojave Greene, crotalus scutulatus scutulatus) > Ridgecrest, Ca. 93555 Path: mojaveg@IWVISP.com > > While a positive attitude won't always make things better, > it will annoy enough people to make it worthwhile.