Post by Brent George on Dec 9, 2020 2:42:07 GMT
China and Nepal jointly announced a new official height for Mount Everest today, ending a discrepancy between the two nations.
TVNZ News - 9-Dec-2020
and:
The world's highest mountain Mount Everest is 0.86m higher than had been previously officially calculated, Nepal and China have jointly announced.
RNZ News: 9-Dec-2020
Interesting articles that talk about the measurements using triangulation; traversing; GNSS and "accepted methodology".
What is the error budget I wonder? Perhaps within the scale of the ~800mm difference?
TVNZ News - 9-Dec-2020
and:
The world's highest mountain Mount Everest is 0.86m higher than had been previously officially calculated, Nepal and China have jointly announced.
RNZ News: 9-Dec-2020
Interesting articles that talk about the measurements using triangulation; traversing; GNSS and "accepted methodology".
What is the error budget I wonder? Perhaps within the scale of the ~800mm difference?