groo wrote:
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> ctbishop@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(Charles Bishop) wrote:
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> > In article <48227C05.511CEE2A@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, Bill Turlock <"Bill
> > Turlock "@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >
> >>Charles Bishop wrote:
> >>>
> >>> In article <481E5FFE.9B8C9902@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, Bill Turlock <"Bill
> >>> Turlock "@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> >"Charles Wm. Dimmick" wrote:
> >>> >>
> >>> >> Brettster wrote:
> >>> >> > My regular walk to the Beverly Hills Public Library seems like
> >>> >> > a gradual uphill climb -- nothing on par with San Francisco,
> >>> >> > but a very slight incline most or all of the way. As you might
> >>> >> > expect, the walk back home is a breeze. According to my
> >>> >> > handheld Garmin GPS, it's exactly 1.75 miles each way. But I
> >>> >> > wondered exactly how much height I was achieving on my walk, in
> >>> >> > addition to the distance. How can I tell? Can a handheld device
> >>> >> > measure something like that? It could be several feet or, I
> >>> >> > suppose, it could be more. I have utterly no idea. Any
> >>> >> > ideas?
> >>> >>
> >>> >> Look at a topographic map for the area. Too bad it's not
> >>> >> Connecticut, or I could look it up for you. I have a complete set
> >>> >> of Connecticut topographic maps at scale of 1:24,000 [1 inch =
> >>> >> 2000 ft]. Seems to me I remember the the USGS has an on-line site
> >>> >> which allows you to look at a topographic map for anywhere in the
> >>> >> contiguous US.
> >>> >>
> >>> >> Charles
> >>> >
> >>> >Or the Bay Area. I have 15" charts from the ocean to Sacramento &
> >>> >Srockton, Santa Rosa to Santa Cruz. Even at $cheap/ea, I got a
> >>> >lotta bux in 'em!
> >>>
> >>> I once bought a 1' = 1' map, but had to give it away. It was too
> >>> much trouble to unfold.
> >>
> >>
> >>I know you know this, but that's a 15 minute chart.
> >
> > Admitting presence of whoosh, but I didn't know that, nor what it
> > means.
> >
>
> I don't either. I'm guessing that the map covers 15 minutes (15/60ths of
> a degree) of latitude and longitude. But that doesn't tell me how big
the
> map is (and by extension, the scale) so I don't know what it means
> either.
It's about this big
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Actually, IIRC (they aren't here right now) around 18" wide and
24" long
Bill "I need a typographic down-arrow" Turlock
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