Hi,
Joe Richards wrote:
So essentially even the so-called 'scientific museum' was a sham/lie and
the experiments they showed-off were made up. The real equator is
nearby, but not where they said it was.
What, in your mind, is "the real equator"?
The Karlsruhe Zoo, not far from where I live, has a brass marking for
the 49th parallel but your GPS will show that you're still 140 metres
away from it when you stand on the line - that's because the marking has
been erected with reference to the Bessel ellipsoid and not the WGS84 one.
Does that mean the brass line is a "sham" or a "lie"? No, it's just a
pleasant reminder that there is more to Geodesy than just reading
numbers off a device, be it "military" or "civilian".
Bye
Frederik
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