atczde retry
aletheia kallos <aletheiak-/[email protected]>
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this is a little silly of me since you have already been there in the flesh jesper but using the trusty looking czech map overlay & satpic in combination & then comparing the result with google earth i was able to nail the clearing i think you mean as shown in the attached revised tripoint stretching diagram as well as here http://mapy.seznam.cz/?mapType=ophoto&zoom=15¢erX=138977024¢erY=130775616&portWidth=682&portHeight=529&forceMapParams=1#centerX=131671392@centerY=131286688@typ=ophoto@zoom=16@vizType=none@vizIds=none if this link actually works as intended & if this is indeed correct then my earlier guess or rather grope try as shown here http://article.gmane.org/gmane.culture.discuss.boundary-point/9246 proves to have been about 100 meters or so off --- In [email protected], aletheia kallos <aletheiak@...> wrote: > > yes & this is a case where arturs new czech satpix are > much clearer than the google earth > & indeed actually show some clearings > > so have a better look for the right stuff here if you > like > http://mapy.seznam.cz/ > to confirm or improve > > --- Jesper Nielsen/Borderbase <jesper@...> > wrote: > > > This difficult ATCZDE is based on personal visit and > > location in a clearing. > > > > Jesper > > > > -- > > Borderbase - your online guide to international > > borders and tripoints > > http://www.nicolette.dk/borderbase > > > > > > _____ > > > > Fra: [email protected] > > [mailto:[email protected]] PÃ¥ > > vegne af aletheia kallos > > Sendt: 16. september 2006 05:36 > > Til: [email protected] > > Emne: [BoundaryPoint] atczde if not also atchde but > > dont forget atczsk in > > between > > > > > > > > it was easy to decide atczde comes before atchde > > alphabetically as soon as i realized that that is in > > fact the order observed by the magically mysterious > > borderbase itinerary > > > > moreover this reverse logic & method are buttressed > > by > > the madness we have already been practicing from the > > very start of the tour > > in our special preference & promotion of afghanistan > > as in af > > ahead of andorra as in ad > > & our quiet demotion of the united arab emirates as > > in > > ae > > not merely until after afghanistan but even beyond > > ukraine > > not to mention the totally unwarranted favoritism > > extended toward algeria as in dz > > thanx only to the spelling of its english nickname > > etc > > etc > > > > yikes > > > > but happily we can do whatever we like > > & are doing just that > > here in oesterreich > > as in at > > > > which is why we have wound up at atczde next rather > > than atchde > > > > both of which btw > > tho scarcely pronounceable as well as semantically > > vacuous > > to the best of my knowledge > > must at least rhyme equally well with cratchity > > > > & all this on a rather overcast day for a satpic on > > the one hand > > & at an impossibly wet place to even try to find on > > the other > > > > but for starters if not also enders > > check out the first of the attached tripoint > > stretching diagrams > > > > the best available czech zoomable map > > http://geoportal. > > > <http://geoportal.cenia.cz/mapmaker/cenia/map/?wiz_id=21&wiz_special_param=& > > > rect=-920000:-1260000:-420000:-910000?=cz&PHPSESSID=&win_size=2> > > > cenia.cz/mapmaker/cenia/map/?wiz_id=21&wiz_special_param=&rect=-920000:-1260 > > 000:-420000:-910000?=cz&PHPSESSID=&win_size=2 > > places atczde smack on a ridge saddle > > & i was able to grope this point down with my mouse > > at > > google > > hence the location of the little red tripoint > > stretching square in the midst of otherwise > > completely > > opaque woods > > > > & as for atchde > > the hypothetical equidistance tripoint in the middle > > of lake constance > > well i suppose we could measure & compute it from > > scratch > > but you may recall we do already have a reasonably > > good fix on it > > that was picked up from a tactical pilotage chart by > > grant hutchison > > so we could well be content to just plot that beside > > the google version for now > > in view of the fact that it will undoubtedly fall in > > the middle of nowhere anyway > > & like why fuss any more than minimally necessary in > > this especially imponderable case > > > > so > > converting grants values to degminsec > > i get > > n lat 47d32m21s31 & e long 9d33m35s40 > > & have expressed that preliminary guess on the > > second > > attachment > > just as a possible alternative to jespers & googles > > guesses > > & in the hopes that someone might find a way to > > improve on us all > > > > so thats that > > or really thats them > > > > & so next will come lucky atczsk > > between atczde & atchde > > alphabetically > > but also doubling back to some extent > > > > & then we will again be completely where we are __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? 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