Uploaded February 2017 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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In this video I test if the horizon is above, at or below “eye level”. I’m using first hand information from an altimeter which is calibrated at sea level just before use. The first hand data I then compare with some second hand data.

Camera: usa.canon.com/internet/portal/us/home/products/details/cameras/point-and-shoot/long-zoom-cameras/powershot-sx60-hs
Altimeter: produktinfo.conrad.com/datenblaetter/1400000-1499999/001431322-an-01-de-TECHNOLINE_HOEHENMESSER_EA_3050.pdf
Hypsometric equation: keisan.casio.com/exec/system/1224585971
Google Maps: daftlogic.com/sandbox-google-maps-find-altitude.htm
LiDAR: dl.: http://download.kortforsyningen.dk/content/dhmpunktsky, spec.: http://www.kortforsyningen.dk/sites/default/files/dk_dhm_punktsky_v2_1_aug_2016.pdf

Software used
Video editing: Shotcut
Image editing: GIMP
LiDAR viewer: Quick Terrian Reader