Re: Google Earth: Elevation of water?

dold@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

>Terry Pinnell <terrypinDELETE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> For example, I'm looking at Ardingly Lake ('ardingly, sussex, uk').
>> Other mapping programs I use such as Memory Map etc, tell me its
>> altitude is 174 ft, yet GE shows wide variations throughout.
>
>As I was sweeping around, I thought it might even have to do with where
>this satellite photo is centered, as if there were one correct point, and
>then aberations from there, but I can't puzzle that out.
>
>Looking at Lake Berryessa, 38.55,-122.20, I see the elvation stable at 440
>feet, which is the listed height of the dam.
>
>Clear Lake. 39.05,-122.84 is also "flat".

Thanks, so it is! (1329 ft). Strange... Prompted by that surprise,
I'll try several more UK and European lakes tomorrow.

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Terry, West Sussex, UK
Tue 30 August 2005, 22:38 UK time
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