At the risk of offending anyone who thinks that their local "baseline" is "The Baseline", remember that a baseline is a common surveying term, and there are a lot of "baselines." Why, they even have them in Canada!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baseline_(surveying) And then look at this map for an idea about how the baselines are sometimes stuck at arbitrary or politically expedient places: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/83/Meridians-baselines.png And even that map doesn't show Baseline Road in Maine! Ed Price WB6WSN Chula Vista, CA USA -----Original Message----- From: Doug Powell [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, March 04, 2013 9:51 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [PSES] NRTL North of the 40th parallel - Off Topic Interesting discussion about the 40th parallel. As it turns out the exploration of the American territories in years past has often involved this line. I personally drive across this delimiter every day, traveling to and from work. My workplace in Louisville Colorado is at latitude 39.96745 degrees north, less than 2 miles away. This parallel is marked by "Baseline Road", named for the very same and celebrated geographic feature. http://8z.com/blog/baseline-road-runs-along-40th-parallel/ Doug Douglas E Powell http://www.linkedin.com/in/dougp01 - ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to <[email protected]> All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieee-pses.org/emc-pstc.html Attachments are not permitted but the IEEE PSES Online Communities site at http://product-compliance.oc.ieee.org/ can be used for graphics (in well-used formats), large files, etc. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas <[email protected]> Mike Cantwell <[email protected]> For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: <[email protected]> David Heald: <[email protected]> - ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to <[email protected]> All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieee-pses.org/emc-pstc.html Attachments are not permitted but the IEEE PSES Online Communities site at http://product-compliance.oc.ieee.org/ can be used for graphics (in well-used formats), large files, etc. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas <[email protected]> Mike Cantwell <[email protected]> For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: <[email protected]> David Heald: <[email protected]>
