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Subject: [TowerTalk] Measuring Terrain Slope / Elevation
From: jonk@jskent.com (Jonathan Kaplan)
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1998 08:50:46 -0800
If you can get your hands on a GPS that receives DGPS, the resulting 
signal should give you surveyor accurate elevations and locations.
73
Jonathan Kaplan KO6XS

At 11:35 AM 12/22/98 -0600, T A RUSSELL wrote:
>
>Fellow Towertalkians:
>
>I would like to create a more accurate terrain profile in front of some
>of my antennas for say 500 to 1000 ft out, every 50 ft.
>
>Other than using a transit, are there some simple methods for
>determining slope or changes in elevation?
>
>Thanks for any clever ideas.
>
>Merry Christmas to all,
>
>Tom  N4KG
>
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