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DEREK G. GRAHAM OLS OLIP
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Mt. Everest is how high ?

http://news.yahoo.com/shrinking-mount-everest-measure-mountain-111942341.html

Good article IMVHO.

Cheers,

Derek


 
Posted : May 5, 2015 12:59 pm
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When you consider it was written by a layman it's incredible....


 
Posted : May 5, 2015 1:04 pm
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The geodesist interviewed would only guarantee the elevation to within "a couple of feet".

He should have bought Leica, apparently. They published to 0.1 meters...8846.10 (from Bay of Bengal).


 
Posted : May 5, 2015 2:58 pm