April 24, 2008 02:59PM
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I'm not suggesting that Perring was "a complete incompetent" indeed I have the highest respect for his work but he was measuring under less than ideal conditions with a large amount of rubble blocking much of his view. Petrie did more soundings and therefore had more data to work with.
I took two approaches to checking the position of the Pyramid entrance, both were approximate but I had the advantage over Perring of a clear base to see where the corners were.
I was just trying to satisfy myself which was correct for the entrance and I've no doubt that Petrie is. However as with all GPS data it is subject to unknown tolerances so I'm not posting any more of my figures as even the few I have posted have already cropped up elsewhere with no caveats attached which just creates confusion.
As well as checking via GPS, which I did over several averaged readings, I also did a rather unscientific "pacing out the length". Not accurate enough for a survey but it did produce a result closer to Petrie than Perring and it earned me a multitude of odd looks from curious onlookers.
So based on my own observations I side with Petrie.
Jon
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