Don't let cartographers anywhere near mapss

Letter from Roger Kirkpatrick

Geography - December 2000 - Colorado Central Magazine - No. 82 - Page 18
Copyright © 2000 by Roger Kirkpatrick and Central Colorado Publishing Co. All rights reserved.
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Howdy,

[Regarding the 14,440 elevation for Mt. Massive mentioned in the November edition.]

The first, "unofficial," explanation from the FAA was that a GPS survey "resulted in an elevation correction." The later, presumably "official," FAA explanation is that an error in reading contour lines was made by a "novice cartographer" which will be corrected on the next edition of the Denver Sectional Chart.

Why do they let cartographers fool with these maps to begin with?

Cheers,
Roger Kirkpatrick
Leadville


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