This is an in-depth discussion of topographic prominence, which is a measure of a mountain peak's stature relative to its surrounding terrain. For a general discussion of how prominence is defined and what it's all about, see the "For more information" link below. This group has quite a lot in common with the County High Points group (cohp@egroups.com).
This group is mainly for those involved in the search and discovery of prominent peaks or those who want to keep up to date on the latest work in this field. Well-finalized prominence lists based on states or counties are also appropriate in the county high points group.
It would be interesting to learn the interpolation (fitting) algorithm NED employs to obtain data points based on the nearest map contours. Noise is absent
I have recently retrofitted the National Elevation Dataset (NED) into Winprom and performed a few test runs. From the quality of the results, I can say that
Way to go Ken! I'll be hitting a smaller milestone, #300 fairly soon & I know how much work it takes to get that many, let alone 500. I was in the Reno area
Congrat's Ken, happy 500th. I was thinking of Grant for Memorial day but you mentioned that there is still a lot above 9500 and dealing with snow on Grant