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Went back and removed all those off-topic posts from the old Alligator thread, putting them into a new thread in the boydsmaps forum. This thread stands on its own pretty well, so I'm just leaving it alone, but I added a link to it at the end of the old Alligator thread.

FYI: there's more discussion of the Alligator in this thread: https://forums.njpinebarrens.com/threads/test-pits-on-the-top-of-hills.14151/#post-170353

So you did! I forgot about that thread. Lots of interesting stuff there. https://forums.njpinebarrens.com/threads/the-alligator.14466/ That thread got really derailed with a discussion of a very technical issue with the terrain viewer. Don't have time now, but I will go back and split those...

The Vermeule map puts the Alligator here, farther West https://boydsmaps.com/#15.00/40.094948/-74.273191/vermeule/0.00/0.00 But again, don't see any alligators in the terrain. Looks like a lot of mineral extraction has taken place around there, they may have just dug it up...

Actually, I had wondered if that was some sort of topographic feature before, but never checked it out. But now I see they tried to represent it with hillshading on the Kobbe map https://boydsmaps.com/#13.00/40.100140/-74.251339/kobbe/0.00/0.00 The Kobbe maps are very inaccurate, but "New"...

No idea what @JerseyDevil's theory is, but see page 615 in this PDF version of the WPA Federal Writers Project Guide to New Jersey. (give it a few seconds to load, then keep scrolling down, the first few pages are blank) https://rucore.libraries.rutgers.edu/rutgers-lib/1743/PDF/1/play/ Lots...

IIRC, those cars had very good traction because the weight of the engine was above the rear wheels, unlike US rear-wheel drive cars where the engine was in front.

Also gotta wonder how many of those 1950's rear-wheel drive cars got stuck (and how accurate that 140 car figure is)...

Very cool! :cool:

FlightAware will send you one of theirs and a server to integrate into their network for free IF you're located somewhere they don't already have coverage. I see a variety of devices in the $30-$40 range at Amazon. Not something that I ever looked into before... how do you get data out of these...

I think it was a GPS that had an ADSB receiver inside, I was not suggesting it came from Amazon! Just showing that the technology has become widely available now. I have no idea what device you actually saw.

5 digits would certainly be as accurate as any GPS you're likely to find. For me, either 4 or 6 digits were the options I have considered. Either way, it would involve changing some code so the mobile and desktop versions have a different number of digits.

In the meantime... maybe you can use my pinesXT app? It displays 6-digit coordinates.

Yeah, I think it used to be 6 and I shortened it because it won't fit on a phone screen (that part of my code is the same for both the mobile and desktop versions). 4 digits is around 30 ft precision, 6 digits is something like 3 inches - unless you're using special equipment that costs...

Sorry @lj762 , I'm sure you were just trying to be helpful but you seem to be confused. First you said the data from the state had "serious errors", but now you say the errors are "relatively small". You said that the data from waymarkedtrails was "more accurate than the state's data because it...

It must be a wick humidifier! :D

59 percent humidity at 68 degrees in my little studio/workroom which is separated from my bedroom with a partition. I leave the heat on low in the bathroom after my morning shower and that helps a lot in these two rooms, I use a small humidifier as the day goes on. Burning the woodstove on a...

Not familiar with that site, but had a quick look and this is the Batona Trail data https://hiking.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=4129027&type=relation According to the site: "The elevation profiles are made with elevation data from the ASTER global digital elevation model (GDEM) version 2"...

I have no idea how accurate the njgin data is, but will take your word for it. I have removed the .gpx file I posted earlier, so as not to spead data with "serious errors".

Could it be related to other factors? Record high temperatures? Increased use of water for agriculture/development? If the foliage is getting denser, would that suck up more water?