Hi prominence folks. Prompted by a discussion I had a little while ago with Edward, I decided to do some "ruggedness" calculations for various parts of the US....
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Andy Martin
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Oct 17, 2000 12:01 am
(David M) ... Neat work. Some musings - Seems like the above area was tailored to fit nicely in the North Cascades, with the westing taken to the nearest...
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Adam Helman
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Oct 17, 2000 1:18 am
David - I'd be interested in the formula you used to actually compute slope over a region. The simple prescription (rise / run) requires a delta_x ("run") in...
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Roy Schweiker
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Oct 17, 2000 2:38 pm
Yesterday Arthur Josephson and Roy Schweiker completed the New England 50 Most Prominent on Moxie Mountain. There are some small radio towers on the summit...
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David Metzler
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Oct 17, 2000 2:41 pm
... Yes, the region I gave is fairly optimal among square regions of that size. As you point out the subtlety here is in the choice of what regions you allow...
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Edward "7.389056099" ...
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Oct 17, 2000 4:01 pm
... What did you use for deltax, or is the formula you actually used a little different than shown here? Since the 1-degree data are every 3" in latitude and...
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Bob Bolton
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Oct 17, 2000 5:00 pm
Pleased? Yes! Surprised? Not on your life! I'm no mathematician, but I've seen most of the rugged areas that you must have calculated (Sierra Nevada, Wind...
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David Metzler
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Oct 17, 2000 9:22 pm
... OK, I oversimplified in the name of clarity. Since the grid is not square, the formula actually is grad f (i,j) =...
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Karen & John Roper
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Oct 19, 2000 5:11 am
P Gang, On an historical note, as I was cleaning out my "Inbox" today, I ran across this discussion from about two years ago on the term and concept of...
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Roy Schweiker
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Oct 26, 2000 1:12 pm
Yesterday I completed my current list of the Vermont 50 Most Prominent. From the original list, this contains two where a higher summit has usurped the...
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Andy Martin
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Oct 27, 2000 4:08 pm
To: prominence@egroups.com, cohp@egroups.com, Jeff Howbert <JeffHowbert@...> (Andy) Jeff has created a neat web page with a 3D map of WA overlaid...
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David Metzler
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Oct 27, 2000 9:52 pm
Prominence folks--I've put up a whole bunch of stuff on the web related to the various inquiries I've been pursuing. There are four measures of...
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Bob and Rhonda Bolton
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Oct 28, 2000 2:31 am
I'm puzzling over one thing. Are you just trying to see if I'm awake? :-) How could Mt. Hood be included in the same 60-mile-sided square as Johannesburg?...
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Roy Schweiker
roy.schweiker@...
Nov 1, 2000 7:22 pm
... Boy, is this an ambitious project, I thought just listing the peaks was enough (UP Michigan soon to be complete). My only complaint is that about the first...
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Howbert, Jeff (SEA)
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Nov 2, 2000 4:26 pm
Roy - Thanks for the interest. I agree that one of the most needed enhancements is a visual indicator on the map of which quads have and haven't been...
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Andy Martin
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Nov 8, 2000 5:03 pm
(Bob Martin) Went to Zenobia Pk and Diamond Peak, on the prominence list. Zenobia is also on the lookout list. (Andy) Latest version of the prominence FRL...
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Andy Martin
martin@...
Nov 10, 2000 10:18 pm
(Gerry Roach) ... If you mean "prominence" the way I do, the answer is 9,073+ feet. PEAK PEAK MAP & TOWNSHIP PROM. SADDLE SADDLE MAP Mount Elbert...
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Roy Schweiker
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Nov 14, 2000 1:24 am
On reviewing my notes, I find that I have climbed my list of the NH 100 most prominent peaks (actually the top 107), or everything with over 800' prominence....
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Bob and Rhonda Bolton
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Nov 15, 2000 9:34 am
(Dave Metzler) The answer should be very pleasing news to Bob Bolton: the North Cascades come out as the most rugged mountain range in the United States...the...
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Bob and Rhonda Bolton
rfbolton@...
Nov 15, 2000 4:19 pm
(From earlier message) So if you're interested in how the ruggedest area of the country looks, you can find the two albums at my photo sharing website by...
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Andy Martin
martin@...
Nov 21, 2000 10:06 pm
(Roy Napier - TN best prominence) ... (Andy) The problem arises due to our different use of the word "prominence". The dictionary gives 1 : something prominent...
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Andy Martin
martin@...
Dec 3, 2000 6:17 pm
This list is an extension of the AZ 50 finest list, namely adding the next 50 peaks to make a total of 100. The cut off prominence turns out to be 1752 feet,...
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Andy Martin
martin@...
Dec 4, 2000 3:22 pm
(Bob Packard - peaks listed after first 100 AZ by prominence) ... Some I'll never do. For example: 1. N. of Clay Tank Ca., Spencer canyon Quad. I've...
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Andy Martin
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Dec 5, 2000 6:18 pm
(David Olson) To suggest an idea, what is the most prominent (two most prominent) peaks for each co. in AZ? Eh? (Andy) The most prominent for each county list...
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Edward "7.389056099" ...
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Dec 6, 2000 3:01 am
I am now releasing a Windows 95 version of the software I have developed for prominence searching. I call it Winprom, and I have uploaded it into egroups'...
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Mills, Carl
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Dec 6, 2000 1:10 pm
EE, In trying to execute your setup file, I got a message: "Cannot find the file winprom_setup%2Eexe.html. Make sure that the path and filename are correct...
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Andy Martin
martin@...
Dec 6, 2000 4:09 pm
To: prominence@egroups, David (David Olson) ... the ocean (excluding canals). 1. 29028, Everest [Asia, Africa, Europe] 2. 22834, Aconcagua [North America and...
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Edward "7.389056099" ...
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Dec 6, 2000 4:24 pm
... No, you don't need a compiler or any libraries. You need Windows 95 or later, but that's all. The file was intended to download as winprom_setup.exe....
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Andy Martin
martin@...
Dec 6, 2000 4:47 pm
Hi Edward, Carl, prominence@egroups - ... Worked for me. I downloaded the winprom_setup file on a NT box that never had winprom on it. When I clicked on it the...
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Steven Gruhn
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Dec 6, 2000 5:42 pm
... I am waiting for the SRTM data with baited breath; when it becomes available worldwide (60S to 60N, that is), we and Winprom can have a prominence orgy. ...
