Hi Dennis.

DUNE Wrote:
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> Thanos5150 Wrote:
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> > Hi Dennis.
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> > DUNE Wrote:
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> > > Hi Lee,
> > >
> > > Using Petries triangulation and spacing
> > figures
> > > between G1 and G2, the angle for the diagonal
> > > between G2's South East corner to G1's South
> > East
> > > corner is 45.36 degrees, so if you can spot
> > G1's
> > > South East corner then project your line from
> > > there at that 45.36 degree angle, and of
> course
> > i
> > > see significance in the numbers for that angle
>
> > ,
> > > as 4536 x 2 = 9072
> >
> > Using an angle of 45.36 it takes me within 2
> miles
> > (west) of the Temple of Jupiter at Baalbek. It
> > also puts me within a few hundred feet, a
> little
> > north of the Temple of Jupiter, almost parallel
> to
> > it, of a curious "hill" set within a wide open
> > area which looks like a possible archaeological
> > site. Be interesting to know what that is.
>
> Hi Lee,
>
> My Google Earths heading reading for a diagonal
> of a perfect square seems to be a little out, in
> that if you construct a perfect square using their
> ruler system it gives a 44.85 degree heading for
> the diagonal.
>
> So is that a Google Earth algorithm bias that is
> trying to compensate for operating on a sphere ? ,
> or maybe a genuine fault with their system, there
> is nothing wrong with their distance measurements
> as the length of the diagonal is spot on to what a
> calculator says it should be using the square root
> of two.
>
> Could it be Google Earths use of decimals when
> giving a heading in degrees instead of minutes and
> seconds ?
>
> Are you using Google Earth to run your 45.36
> degree line ?, do you get 44.85 degree heading in
> a square ?.
>
>

I just put the ruler on the corner of G1 and ran it towards Baalbek maintaining a 45.36 angle. Can't really comment on your questions more than that. I don't think it takes into account the curvature of the earth, but neither would plotting these locations out on maps.