Re: Origin of Hill number classification
- From: narrledudh@xxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2006 18:50:09 -0400
Louis Capdeboscq wrote:
narrledudh@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
Generally, if something is called Hill 452, that's because the
highest point--indicated by a "+" sign and 452 on US contour
maps--is at 452 feet (or meters, since many US maps in Europe
were copied from British maps). German maps used a "." and
figure to mark the highest points in meters.
Isn't height in meters and a dot to mark the highest point a NATO thing?
Yes, AFAIK, but they may have adopted it from German practice.
(Or not--wasn't that the European standard already?)
At the time I made the first comment, I had been looking at a German
1:50 000 (1:50.000 or 1:50,000 ;-)) scale map of a portion of southern
Spain (on the back of which the American Red Cross had printed a street
map of Paris, coincidentally). The small print says "Hoehenangaben in
m."
Narr
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