Oh my...
CaT's
first thread came about when Doug wrote, "
Hi Great job Steve only problem is the Elevation of Whitney on the Photo is wrong, it will stay about a day and then will be deleted, Thanks Doug" That was Doug's way of saying he didn't want our picture with the 14505 elevation displayed. He has come out STRONGLY against using the 14505 elevation. Not sure why, but it probably comes from a dislike of bureaucratic decisions. His mandate caused Wayne, Dale and I to scurry around and modify HIS annotated Whitney picture with his preferred elevation. You can see the results
here and
here. Bottom line, he was telling us to ignore the official NGS datasheet.
The
second thread also shows some misinformation by referencing a different datasheet
(1808)But that second thread does refer to a
student project by Robert Nielsen to determine the elevations of Mt. Whitney, Mt. Williamson, White Mountain, and North Palisade "using high precision GPS technology." Unfortunately, they were unable to set up their equipment on Whitney due to a storm in May. According to the article, Nielson measured Whitney at 14,500 ft.
Before I am done, I'll try to track him down, and maybe he can give me more info on what the "zero elevation" factor is. Maybe he can explain it better than my other sources.
