Hi, I just computed my prominence ladder based on my house in Bergen, Norway. (many thanks to Peakbagger / Greg, for an easy to use calculator !!) It is of...
Hello Petter, Thanks for producing the distance ladder from your Bergen home. I will be pleased to post this information as a web page if you provide ...
Adam Helman
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Apr 2, 2008 1:50 am
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Google Maps Terrain view now has contour lines! examples: http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=43.182712,-109.649348&spn=0.016429,0.030513&t=p&z=15 ...
Looks like 40' contours were used as standard on Google Maps Terrain view, so many more precise elevations may be available for summits and saddles on quads...
Thanks for the info on Wheeler NM. I just called the ski resort there (Taos Ski Valley) and they said that yes, they have gotten above average snowfall, but...
... Very interesting John. These are much better quality than DeLorme contours, but not quite 100% in agreement with USGS. For example, the tarn at 10,800-...
Dear Mark, Prominence lists by county have been in existence for many western states for several years. I am simply extending that concept to the "county...
Adam Helman
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Apr 3, 2008 5:27 am
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10 ft in mid-June doesn't make sense. Even 10 inches would be hard to believe. To: prominence@yahoogroups.com From: wiricha2@... Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2008...
Hi Adam, The prominence ladder from my home with coordinate information can be found at: http://www.ii.uib.no/~petter/mountains/Prominence_ladder.html I also...
I'll visit these items in 5 days, Petter. Gotta go...no time to explain. Adam ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Adam Helman
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Apr 3, 2008 10:29 am
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... The maps in Scotland look pretty good. Not a patch on the available topo maps, but a fair representation of the hill shapes, and it is easy to recognise...
Group, I have completed a new Google Earth placemark file which pinpoints the P2000 peaks of Oregon. The link below will open Google Earth with those...
Dear Petter, I've returned from a 4-day family-oriented trip to Sacramento. Upon reading your note below at 3:30 a.m., and ready to drive over 800 km, I was...
Adam Helman
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Apr 7, 2008 2:55 am
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I was getting tired of the mixed slush/ice/dirt in NH and wanted a hike on bare ground. I chose Peaked Mtn in Monson MA near the CT line, the most prominent...
Greg Slayden, Edward Earl, and I, snowshoed and skied to the summit of McDonald Mountain (elev. 3,570, prom. 2,170) last Saturday. Greg has a great TR posted...
It appears that topozone.com has been swallowed up by trails.com. The new site severely restricts free surfing. A large "watermark" appears in the middle of...
(Ken Russell) ... Now is a good time to express our gratitude to topozone for many years of providing the finest free web site for USA topo maps, in fact, one...
Hello from Adam, I implemented the thousands of links to Topozone maps in a site-independent fashion, foreseeing this event years ago as companies become...
Adam Helman
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Apr 10, 2008 5:27 am
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... The fateful moment was approximately 3:30 PM Wed Apr 9. I was right in the middle of figuring my prominence distance ladder when it happened. Perhaps we...
Winprom, which has a built-in browser to help surf around for the purpose of checking peaks and saddle for prominence, supports several on-line map providers,...
Hello Edward, The subscription interface requires one to specify E-mail address etc... It is their way of making money to disallow sharing of one account from ...
Adam Helman
helman@...
Apr 10, 2008 6:55 am
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I have E-mailed a trails.com representative asking if some group membership rate is feasible for the county highpointers. That could give us a "say" in website...
Adam Helman
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Apr 10, 2008 7:30 am
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Checkout ACME Mapper. Here is a link to a peak in southeast Idaho: http://tinyurl.com/4r7um6 The functionality is such that we can create a URL to a point like...
Hello Dan R, Thank you for this excellent suggestion. acme.com will suffice for the thousands of links at cohp.org that currently point to topozone.com . I've...
Adam Helman
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Apr 10, 2008 5:44 pm
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With the demise of Topozone, many have mentioned Terraserver (http://www.terraserver-usa.com) as a potential replacement. It is a public service of Microsoft...
(Dan R) ... I've browsed this a bit, and I think it's quite OK. It is slow to load because it's really just a front end for Google maps, so there's an extra...
Google terrain maps have contours (for a little over a week), but they're not quite as accurate as 7.5' quads, and definitely problematic for AK. To:...
