Originally Posted by Valsdad
Originally Posted by T_Inman
Just because I like throwing gas on fire, what are people's thoughts on:

Airspace----how high AGL should private ownership go? Should commercial airlines at 30,000 feet get ROWs to cross private?

How about NAD 83 vs WGS 84, VS other coordinate systems. I believe most federal and state agencies utilize NAD 83 but WGS 84 seems to be the default system used by GPSs. Usually there is only about 36" difference between the systems, but that is enough for disagreement whether someone is trespassing or not. In some areas there can be somewhat substantial differences between coordinates using the different systems. I have seen it vary 20 yards in some places that I am familiar with and I wouldn't doubt it is quite a bit more elsewhere, though I guess my mapping software my actually be at fault vs the datum.

Let's also not forget that coordinates change over time for objects which are fixed in the ground.

GO!

Dude?

You're harshin' my trip with all that technical stuff.

Especially that last part. If objects are fixed in the ground, how can the coordinates change over time???? confused confused

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This is true. Continental drift. Often a couple inches per year. Sometimes 6 to ten feet in a single event.
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Okay, the img link is not going to work, the bleep part is c8.a l a m y.com without the spaces. It shows a road broken and dispalced by about ten feet in the Mt Borah earthquake forty years ago.

People who choose to brew up their own storms bitch loudest about the rain.