Re: SV: yikes kztmuz is reportedly undelineated & definitely elusive

agreed about all of the following
except i would still say the tripoint is not
necessarily within 
altho at least partly surrounded by 
your relatively flat lacustrine basin

--- "Lowell G. McManus" <[email protected]> wrote:

> I have gone to Jesper's source, zoomed in, and
> captured a clearer 
> version for our interpretation.  It is attached.
> 
> First, the contours are in feet, not meters.  (The
> Map Mart site says 
> so.)  Note also that the distance scale is in miles.
> 
> The contour interval is 250 feet.  On this map,
> contours of 0, 250, 500, 
> 750, and 1,000 feet are shown.
> 
> Between the 750 and 500 contours (to the northeast
> of the lake, anyway), 
> we find the depiction of the escarpment.
> 
> Descending from the 0 contour, we find, first, the
> shore of the 
> intermittent lake, then the shore of the more
> permanent lake.
> 
> Within the northwestern lobe of the intermittent
> lake, we find several 
> shoals that rise above the 0 contour (although they
> are covered, 
> incongruously, with the blue stipple indicating
> intermittent 
> inundation).  The tripoint appears upon the shoulder
> of one of these 
> shoals, just slightly above the 0 contour.
> 
> I think that we can conclude that this best-known
> topographic map 
> (whatever its possible imprecisions) shows the
> tripoint in a relatively 
> flat lacustrine basin.
> 
> Lowell G. McManus
> Leesville, Louisiana, USA
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "aletheia kallos" <aletheiak-/[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2006 4:37 PM
> Subject: Re: SV: [BoundaryPoint] yikes kztmuz is
> reportedly undelineated 
> & definitely elusive
> 
> 
> > as you say could not be very much higher
> > please be aware
> > the map if it can be believed shows the tripoint 2
> > distinct levels above the normal water level of
> the
> > recognizably outlined lake
> > &
> > at least some if not all the elevation gradients
> are
> > 250 meters apart
> >
> > --- "Lowell G. McManus" <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> >> Jesper,
> >>
> >> Thanks very much for the three PDF maps of the
> area
> >> and the referral to Google Earth.  When Google
> Earth
> >> debuted, I tried it, but it did not work for me. 
> I
> >> tried it again today, and it works great!
> >>
> >> I think that your PDF maps demonstrate that the
> lake
> >> in the tripoint depression is variable in level
> and
> >> size over time or season, flooding the tripoint
> at
> >> times.  Since this appears to be the case, the
> >> tripoint could not be very much higher in
> elevation
> >> than the more regularly wet lakebed farther
> >> southeast.
> >>
> >> Lowell G. McManus
> >> Leesville, Louisiana, USA
> >>   ----- Original Message ----- 
> >>   From: Jesper Nielsen/Borderbase
> >>   To: [email protected]
> >>   Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2006 1:47 PM
> >>   Subject: SV: SV: [BoundaryPoint] yikes kztmuz
> is
> >> reportedly undelineated & definitely elusive
> >>
> >>
> >>   No fancy results of terrain (or 3d) to show as
> the
> >> entire areas is very flat. The tripoint itself is
> at
> >> water level at 0m and the surroundings do no go
> >> higher than 160 meters.
> >>
> >>   But please learn to use the free Google Earth,
> >> downloadable at http://earth.google.com ,
> yourself.
> >>
> >>   Jesper
> >>   --
> >>   Borderbase - your online guide to international
> >> borders and tripoints
> >>   http://www.nicolette.dk/borderbase
> >
> >
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