[NatureNS] Determining Elevation

Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2007 09:27:46 -0400
From: Jamie Simpson <jsimpson@win.eastlink.ca>
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From: "Virginia and Terry" <vredden@imlay.ca>
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Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2007 6:53 PM
Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Determining Elevation


> Jamie
> Experiencing a little cabin fever? Good luck. Share your success or lack 
> of with the rest of us, please.
> Virginia Redden
> PS We wondered the same and used a GPS to ease our minds.
>
> Jamie Simpson 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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