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Mt Whitney height from Eric Gilbertson survey data
[edit]Eric Gilbertson has used advanced GPS (Differential Global Navigation Satellite System) to measure the height of mountains around the world, and measures Mt Whitney at 14,499 feet. See: https://www.peakbagger.com/List.aspx?lid=12003&cid=5377 and a recent articlein the New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/28/science/eric-matthew-gilbertson-mountains.html ~2025-43902-15 (talk) 16:01, 30 December 2025 (UTC)
- It's too bad that Mount Whitney is not mentioned in that article. If it had been, we could cite it in this article. I'm curious about the "ascents" in his table. It is not humanly possible (there is not enough time in one lifetime) for one man to have made that many ascents. How does he measure an "ascent"? -- Valjean (talk) (PING me) 18:56, 30 December 2025 (UTC)
- The 14,499 value does not appear from Eric Gilbertson. See https://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=2829 . It's from the USGS 3D lidar data set. And that value is inconsistent with the query I just ran against the EPQS. I'm skeptical of lidar data compared to in situ surveying (which Gilbertson and the National Geodetic Survey both do). — hike395 (talk) 01:43, 31 December 2025 (UTC)
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