tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post1113590624196734853..comments2024-03-28T18:57:20.920+01:00Comments on Living the life in Saint-Aignan: How tall is it?Ken Broadhursthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-29831006366020046632020-02-22T05:31:33.838+01:002020-02-22T05:31:33.838+01:00Trying again to post that link.Trying again to post <a href="http://www.sequoias.eu/Pages/Geo/centre.htm" rel="nofollow">that link</a>.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-28553401130986881822020-02-20T07:18:49.369+01:002020-02-20T07:18:49.369+01:00According to this web site featuring an inventory...According to this <a href="http://www.sequoias.eu/Pages/Geo/centre.htmweb" rel="nofollow"> web site featuring an inventory of all the giant sequoias growing in the France</a>, there are 18 of them in Blois, 6 in Montrichard, 5 in Noyers-sur-Cher, 18 in Romorantin-Lanthenay, and others in Thésée, Selles-sur-Cher, St-Gervais-la-Forét — all towns that are within easy driving distance of Saint-Aignan.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-14221327236716186882020-02-20T05:53:37.315+01:002020-02-20T05:53:37.315+01:00Ha! I thought about asking, then figured you'd...Ha! I thought about asking, then figured you'd either known how or looked it up in some reference. Pretty good earlier guessing on your part.Emmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17365143273404503659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-89160818980423752882020-02-20T05:52:00.401+01:002020-02-20T05:52:00.401+01:00You know what they say... never assume.You know what they say... never assume.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-84672203193048806332020-02-19T22:47:43.662+01:002020-02-19T22:47:43.662+01:00Ken! I assumed being so technically able that you ...Ken! I assumed being so technically able that you used the same gadget my engineer friend, Brian has. He just points the small, cellphone sized gadget at the top and then at the bottom. Alakazam! The distance is printed out on the screen. It is the same gadget used by surveyers and assessors to measure land and houses. The other assumption was that you used the triangulation/geometry formula! Anyway, your result will encourage me to now measure the height of a tree on another piece of property that I need to have cut down! Merci!Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04911284607089608538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-45002460663198253692020-02-19T21:09:57.754+01:002020-02-19T21:09:57.754+01:00That would be fun to see Ken!That would be fun to see Ken!Diogenesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-40146815838570056562020-02-19T19:09:37.849+01:002020-02-19T19:09:37.849+01:00Hahaha, to be honest, I did wonder how you'd m...Hahaha, to be honest, I did wonder how you'd measured that, I just didn't have time to type a post/to ask yesterday. Thanks for sharing that - must try it with the tree in our garden (we only have one, but that's enough in a small garden).elgeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16019214788976612822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-61079025225498686752020-02-19T19:02:49.181+01:002020-02-19T19:02:49.181+01:00Amazing: there are about two thousand sequoias kno...Amazing: there are about two thousand sequoias known to be growing in the <i>région Centre-Val de Loire</i> in France, including one not more than a mile from our house. Now I have to go find and photograph it.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-46993638613255881452020-02-19T18:35:50.505+01:002020-02-19T18:35:50.505+01:00I would have liked to have seen a video of that! ...I would have liked to have seen a video of that! Interesting that you had a sequoia in your yard. Net days the tallest one in France is 189'in Ribeauvillé. Maybe the cedar will thrive without the competition from the spruce!Diogenesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-38408913982267624632020-02-19T16:54:26.666+01:002020-02-19T16:54:26.666+01:00Very clever, indeed! Years ago I read an article ...Very clever, indeed! Years ago I read an article about measuring tall things, in this case to the top of a church steeple. You place a pipe, broom, etc. in a vertical position next to the church and when the shadow of the pipe is the same length as the height of the pipe, you can then measure the length of the shadow of the church. It will be the same as the height to the top of the steeple. It helps if you do this on a sunny day. ;)BettyAnnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16515411225404016249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-72033305481280928382020-02-19T16:54:15.824+01:002020-02-19T16:54:15.824+01:00I thought about asking you how you measured the tr...I thought about asking you how you measured the tree. Now I know.Evelynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17824964122794535252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-33990393511258878162020-02-19T13:45:59.454+01:002020-02-19T13:45:59.454+01:00I figured you had triangulated it, if you know the...I figured you had triangulated it, if you know the distance from the base of the tree on level ground, and the number of degrees from the horizon to the top of the tree, geometry solves the rest. I remember doing that in school - about 50 years ago. Today, I would ask Charlie in my office, he would give me the answer in about 10 seconds and then say "well everyone knows how to do that!" Travelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07787024407420088973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-3971793224341640222020-02-19T13:15:36.821+01:002020-02-19T13:15:36.821+01:00Very clever!Very clever!Seine Judeet (Judith)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07407353544376132484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-23576185851308994652020-02-19T12:21:53.098+01:002020-02-19T12:21:53.098+01:00In the park-like yard we had in Paris before it wa...In the park-like yard we had in Paris before it was expropriated by the State, grew a tree that my father told me was a Wellingtonia. That was the name that John Lindley gave to the Sequoia! And a Sequoia it was!chmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17765675930520613520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-54606548842595908612020-02-19T12:09:10.846+01:002020-02-19T12:09:10.846+01:00I just assumed you had climbed up to the top with ...I just assumed you had climbed up to the top with a measuring tape!chmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17765675930520613520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-8914099790004170752020-02-19T11:10:43.110+01:002020-02-19T11:10:43.110+01:00I think the Daily Mail, a British newspaper, got c...I think the Daily Mail, a British newspaper, got confused by the fact that Sequoia National Park is on the western side of the Sierra Nevada mountains. It's not in the state of Nevada, but in California.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-55080906704685635512020-02-19T11:02:11.623+01:002020-02-19T11:02:11.623+01:00That sequoia is amazing. We saw a lot of sequoias ...That sequoia is amazing. We saw a lot of sequoias when we lived in California, but not that one.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-13846359552645007972020-02-19T07:17:44.275+01:002020-02-19T07:17:44.275+01:00In scouting they have a different way of figuring ...In scouting they have a different way of figuring out the height of a tree. https://scoutmastercg.com/how-scouts-measure-height/ You might not have a camera....Within the last week I was fascinated by this way of photographing one of the tallest trees in the world, though the article is not that recent.<br />https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2568138/Extraordinary-length-shot-President-one-largest-trees-Earth.html. You are lucky to have this wonderful cedar. Thickethouse.wordpresshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17187303460677067276noreply@blogger.com