We visited the Royal Observatory yesterday. Pressed for time, we didn't do much more than take a quick look-around, but I'm glad we got to see it.
This is the meridian line marked on the wall below the Observatory:
Wife Kari and son Peter flanking the line:
This screenshot was taken a few hundred feet west of the marked line:
The Observatory shares grounds with the National Maritime Museum, which we didn't have time to see except to pass through it. But it's a lovely spot, and huge to boot. I hope someday to be able to spend a whole day there.
Jim Frame, post: 445745, member: 10 wrote: The Observatory shares grounds with the National Maritime Museum, which we didn't have time to see except to pass through it.
Over the past 34 years I've spent more than ten months total in London (plus three more in Oxfordshire) and still haven't had time to see and do everything I've wanted to. 🙂
FYI...if you're a carnivore, you have to eat here
James Fleming, post: 445752, member: 136 wrote: FYI...if you're a carnivore, you have to eat here
I've been in England in the Midlands for the past 3 weeks, flying out from London on Sunday. Will have to settle for a 15GBP mixed grill at some local pub.
"Pressed for time"... good one 🙂
I will be in London for 1/2 day next month, i hope to be able to go to Greenwich.
Geodesist Bucket list:
equator: done
Greenwich: hopefully next month
Meades Ranch: ?
I am from Kansas (born in Wichita), but have never been to Meades Ranch. Gotta go there someday.
John Hamilton, post: 445766, member: 640 wrote: ..I am from Kansas (born in Wichita), but have never been to Meades Ranch. Gotta go there someday.
Our buddy Mr. Penry put together a good piece a few years ago:
http://www.amerisurv.com/PDF/TheAmericanSurveyor_Penry-MeadesRanch_June2015.pdf
It looks pretty much like Kansas...;)
Thanks, Paden. I took my R10 to the equator this year and did some RTX measurements, I won't have it with m when I go to London, though.
I left Kansas in 1967, but I do remember the barrenness of it. Of course I have been back a few times. Actually, one of the first GPS jobs I ever did was in 1986 for Boeing/Beech/Cessna. They were all trying to develop GPS for their planes, and an engineering company in Wichita wanted to establish some test points for them.
John Hamilton, post: 445780, member: 640 wrote:
They were all trying to develop GPS for their planes, and an engineering company in Wichita wanted to establish some test points for them.
1986 makes you a GPS pioneer.
Satellite availability must have been for a few hours a day at that time.
Unfortunately, that also makes me old.
Yes, 4 hours, in the middle of the afternoon in the summer, in the middle of the night in the winter.
John Hamilton, post: 445788, member: 640 wrote: Unfortunately, that also makes me old.
Yes, 4 hours, in the middle of the afternoon in the summer, in the middle of the night in the winter.
No John, that makes you experienced, not old!
I had visitors from Blackpool back in the 80s and they were way out of their element in NE Texas.
What app is your screenshot from?
John Hamilton, post: 445788, member: 640 wrote: in the middle of the afternoon in the summer, in the middle of the night in the winter
That figures lol.
A Harris, post: 445794, member: 81 wrote: What app is your screenshot from?
It's called GPS Status, though there is at least one other app with the same name. The image is lightly cropped to remove the "Get Pro" purchase link.
