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Date: Tue, 22 Sep 1998 10:14:43 -0400
From: Stephen Baig <[log in to unmask]>
To: Maps and Air Photo Systems Forum <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: mean sea level, Alicante (fwd)
 
At 09:44 AM 22-09-98 -0400, you wrote:
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>Date: Tue, 22 Sep 1998 08:48:48 +0200 (DFT)
>From: "A. Hausold" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: mean sea level, Alicante
>
>Dear members of the list,
>
>I am currently working with a Spanish map and need to take pass points
>inlucding height information out of it.
>
>the map is:
>Mapa Militar de Espana, scale 1:50 000, sheet La Gineta
>
>the height information says that heights refer to "Mean Sea Level in
>Alicante". I need to have heights referring to "Mean Sea Level in
>Amsterdam".
>
>Could anybody please help me with this and provide me with a number for
>the difference between these two levels?
>
>Thank you very much,
>
>best regards,
>
>Andrea
>
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Andrea,
 
Check with the Institute vor Meerskunde (sorry about spelling)  in Hamburg.
 
 
 
Dr. Stephen Baig
 
Oceanographer,
National Hurricane Center
Miami, FL
 
305.229.4444
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