2021-12-23, 05:00 PM
In addition to getting more accurate readings with the Lidar data, another aspect of the new analyses of elevation data includes a better measure of "sea level". The current assumption is that sea level would simply follow the general curve (geoid?) trend of the surface of the earth. But gravity is not uniform across the surface, and where there is higher gravity, sea level would actually be lower (or could be the opposite if lower gravity) across the continental interior.
I find this all interesting, but I'm not trying to complete the Colorado 14ers or hit all highpoints (by XXX measure) so doesn't matter much to me.
And as for White Mtn, my understanding is that Mt. Elbert in CO is second to Whitney?
I find this all interesting, but I'm not trying to complete the Colorado 14ers or hit all highpoints (by XXX measure) so doesn't matter much to me.
And as for White Mtn, my understanding is that Mt. Elbert in CO is second to Whitney?