[NatureNS] Determining Elevation

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Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2007 13:47:21 -0800 (PST)
From: Paul MacDonald <paulrita2001@yahoo.com>
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Hi Jamie
The easiest way for me would be with a GPS. Seems
accurate also. 
Have a nice winter
Paul

--- Jamie Simpson <jsimpson@win.eastlink.ca> wrote:

> Does any one know a McGyver method of determining
> elevation?  In an idle 
> moment I decided I want to know how high my house is
> above sea level.
> 
> I live on a hill with quite a good view including
> the Minas Basin below me 
> and about 1 KM east, which would constitute sea
> level I expect.
> 
> I could probably find a topographical map but I was
> wondering if there was 
> some way to build a device from things around the
> kitchen - duct tape, paper 
> clips, a pocket calculator...
> 
>  Trigonometry or Pythagorean method would probably
> work if I knew distances 
> to points of reference which I don't, nor do I
> possess a sextant. 
> 



 
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