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"Walters, Daniel" <[log in to unmask]>
Wed, 2 Sep 2015 09:35:53 -0400
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*New Elevation for Nation’s Highest Peak: *With this slightly lower
elevation, has the tallest mountain in North America shrunk? No, but
advances in technology to better measure the elevation at the surface of
the Earth have resulted in a more accurate summit height of Alaska’s
natural treasure. The revised official height for “the high one” has been
measured at 20,310 feet <http://on.doi.gov/1EBhtXd>, just 10 feet less than
the previous elevation of 20,320 feet which was established using 1950’s
era technology. The USGS partnered with NOAA’s National Geodetic Survey (NGS
<http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/>), Dewberry, <http://www.dewberry.com/>
<http://www.dewberry.com/> CompassData <http://www.compassdatainc.com/>*,*(a
subcontractor to Dewberry), theUniversity of Alaska, Fairbanks
<http://gina.alaska.edu/>, and the Denali National Park
<http://www.nps.gov/dena/index.htm> to conduct a precise Global Positioning
System (GPS <http://www.gps.gov/>*)* measurement of a specific point at the
mountain’s peak in late June. http://on.doi.gov/1EBhtXd.  Feature story:
http://on.doi.gov/1NNbaT7

Dan Walters
National Map Liaison for ME, MA & RI
USGS
196 Whitten Road
Augusta, Maine 04330
207-776-1293
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