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Re: Highest stations

Posted by Kevin from Midwood on Sat Jan 19 15:11:23 2019, in response to Re: Highest stations, posted by AlM on Sat Jan 19 08:27:58 2019.

You can use Google Earth Pro, which is free, to find the elevation of an arbitrary point on the map.

If you install and run it, be sure to check out the Layers panel on the left side of the interface. I turned on Roads (it's off by default) to aid navigation, and turned off Photos (on by default) to remove some icons that were cluttering the view.

The 3D Buildings layer (on by default) is where it gets interesting. With it turned on, you get the estimated elevation of whatever object you point at with the mouse — it could a bridge, a body of water, the top of tree, the roof of a building, etc. If you turn it off, you'll just get the above-sea-level elevation at grade.

A downside of this neat feature is that it seems accuracy drops a tad. In 2D mode, the largest number I saw while mousing over Bennett Park was spot-on at 265 feet.



But in 3D mode, it was only 253 feet.



I also tested it at the 86th-floor observation deck at the ESB. It's close.



Some other 3D readings:

88 feet, Smith–9th



86 feet, flyover tracks at 111th. That number decreases as you mouse away in either direction



145 feet, Bedford Park Blvd on the 4



Readings at grade in the seemingly more accurate 2D mode:
  • 176 feet at 168th and Broadway, middle of intersection
  • 149 feet at Bedford Park Blvd and the Grand Concourse, middle of intersection
  • 159 feet at 15th Street–Prospect Park, above the center of the station

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