[ February 10, 2008, 08:42 PM: Message edited by: aspectre ]
Posted by James Tiberius Kirk (Member # 2832) on :
quote:The boundary today is marked by the Camak Stone, placed by University of Georgia professor James Camak at where he figured the Tennessee-Georgia-Alabama lines should meet.
But twice, in 1818 and again in 1826, he did his surveying with a primitive sextant, unsuitable astronomical charts and the old log and chain method, historian Bart Crattie, of Lookout Mountain, Ga., said in a December interview.
Mr. Crattie, a member of the Surveyors Historical Society, said Mr. Camak had fruitlessly begged the Georgia governor for better equipment.
There's a moral here...
--j_k
Posted by AvidReader (Member # 6007) on :
With the court recently telling them they're only entitled to a third of the water in Lake Lanier, I'm not surprised. They still haven't learned their lesson; they just want to keep consuming from depletable resources.
Come on, Georgians. Much as we love picking on you, I know you're smarter than this. Get some desalinization plants built on the coast and work on water recycling programs until then. You can do better than this!
Posted by aspectre (Member # 2222) on :
The current*boundaries of Alabama, Tennessee, and Georgia meet at latitude34.98468north longitude85.60516west. (Latitude: 34.98468 , Longitude: -85.60516 ) Take a look at the satellite picture and the terrain map while using the zoom control on the left for various scales. Now do the same for latitude35north longitude85.60516west. (Latitude: 35 , Longitude: -85.60516 )