It looks like it is some Scotsman's fault.
Because it is a little "off Kilter"!
And, "saved them a bunch of money", because the actual site was not suitable for the building!
Where's Kent Mc When ya need him?
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It's 100'! We won't need Kent until we get to within a couple of thousandths.
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Here is that monument:
And the newer line:
No matter what, it is a cool place to visit!
That book they referenec in the article sounds pretty interesting.....never heard of that expedition before.
That's going to be a tough set-up!
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Dan
I read the book recently and really liked it.
There is another book about the same expedition but with a different focus titled "The Mapmaker's Wife"
Had a Graduate Student from Ecuador back in the middle 1990's. He went to the Ecuadorian Army's Geographic Engineering School. Had a class project to do a GPS survey of that site in the late 1980's. Said it was about a hundred meters off.
I assume because of the shirt that you were there on Mardi Gras day. 🙂
It is probably the equator that is off not the monument.
No, it was just chilly that day way up in the Andes. I think it was in August in the late 1980's.
ha ha :good:
You have a point.
That is a pretty substantial and visible monument. It seems to be already established to me.
Adjust your measuring device to it not the other way around.
:'( Imagine my surprise when I set my $100 Garmin on the zero longitude line in Greenwich and found it to be misplaced.
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https://picasaweb.google.com/106803290884381691323/GeodesyRelated#5237444552549892626
> :'( Imagine my surprise when I set my $100 Garmin on the zero longitude line in Greenwich and found it to be misplaced.
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Funny!:woot: