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Satellite Imagery Used to Trace Lewis & Clark Route

Posted by timothy on from the visit-the-st-louis-museum-too dept.

Woogiemonger writes "To commemorate the 200 year anniversary of the Lewis & Clark expedition, NASA and other researchers are using satellite and aircraft remote-sensing technology to accurately reconstruct the path of the Lewis & Clark expedition, down to the precise location of each encampment. Considering many parts of the landscape along the path may have changed dramatically, this is no easy task. The final result will be a 3D interactive map publicly available on the WWW."

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  1. Why This Is Odd by fozzy(pro) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    With the ISS possibly going unmanned in the near future should NASA try to conserver resources? Just An Idea.

    Any way it seems like a good way to use technology for the recording of what man has done...just maybe not the best time to do this.

  2. favorite L&C trivia by small_dick · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Lewis carried an air rifle on the 1803-1806 expedition. .31 cal, 700-900 lbs. per sq. inch.

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  3. Why Is This Odd? by glrotate · · Score: 3, Interesting

    NASA is doing something that will actually further our knowledge about a hugely popular subject, Lewis and Clark. Witness the enourmous popularity of the Ambrose book Undaunted Courage. I think this is a much better use of its budget than sending astronauts up to that great trailer home in space just because.

  4. Re:Accuracy? by Road · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Of course, I dont have the original journals, but I do have Gary E. Moulton's volume 8 that covers the time Clark was on/near my property.

    They are thoroughly descriptive.

    Excerpt July 24 1806

    S.E. 1 mile to a bluff on the Std. (starboard) bend.

    N. 70 deg. E. 2 ms. under a bluff on the Std. side Psd. and island on the lard. (lardboard, or port)

    N. 20 deg E. 4 m to a lard bend passed island on stard. side high bluff on std. low prarie on lard side.

    This is a small part of what was written in each section of the journals. There are actually 2 pages of lat/long descriptions at the beginning of this section. They start each section with Lat/long descriptions of their position, and any visible landmarks. This is followed by accounts of the day.

    P.S. Clark spells like Cmdr. Taco, no two words alike. :)