Re: [Talk-us] Sevier Lake Anomaly

2011-02-17 Thread Phil! Gold
* Val Kartchner val...@gmail.com [2011-02-16 20:13 -0700]: What I'm asking about is this anomaly in the area of Sevier Lake: http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=39.0035lon=-113.0895zoom=14layers=C;. What is up with this sudden change in terrain? The OpenCycleMap elevation data comes from the

Re: [Talk-us] Sevier Lake Anomaly

2011-02-17 Thread Toby Murray
On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 7:57 AM, Phil! Gold phi...@pobox.com wrote: The OpenCycleMap elevation data comes from the SRTM dataset, which was obtained by taking stereoscopic images from the Space Shuttle. I thought the R stood for Radar, not steReoscopic? But yes, SRTM data is known for being

Re: [Talk-us] Sevier Lake Anomaly

2011-02-17 Thread Brad Neuhauser
You're both right :) Check it out Toby: http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/srtm/instr.htm On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 9:27 AM, Toby Murray toby.mur...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 7:57 AM, Phil! Gold phi...@pobox.com wrote: The OpenCycleMap elevation data comes from the SRTM dataset, which

Re: [Talk-us] Sevier Lake Anomaly

2011-02-16 Thread Nathan Edgars II
On 2/16/2011 10:13 PM, Val Kartchner wrote: What I'm asking about is this anomaly in the area of Sevier Lake: http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=39.0035lon=-113.0895zoom=14layers=C;. What is up with this sudden change in terrain? Most likely the quality or method of creation of the data in