On the Ping river, eastern side, and south of the city >

It would be interesting to know who owns the house also. My guesstimate for tree height is 45m .... it sure is a magnificent specimen! Anyone know what variety?

I took this photo from opposite (western) side of river, just below the sluice gate construction area, south of Number 1 Bar.

Got a close up of the tree?

Assuming the wall near the tree is 2m high, & the tree is next to the wall, I would estimate about 26m high.

Edited January 10, 201313 yr by MESmith

I figured about 36 meters high.

Great picture Rob

Edited January 10, 201313 yr by hellodolly

I say 35m.

I'll run round with my chainsaw tomorrow to cut it down & measure it

I'll run round with my chainsaw tomorrow to cut it down & measure it

I reckoned on 45m because a house like that would have ~ 6m ceilings and parallax error tends to shorten the tree's height. We'll call it 30 to 40m, ok?

What variety and how old is it?

I stick with my estimate. The wall at the side is the same height as the door to the right of centre.

Just south of there is the McKean Institute, the old leper colony, and that has some great old trees.

Looks like a Cotton Tree, similar to one not far from our house. Changes colour three times a year and 'snows' seeds all over the area around April.

340m

(above sea level)

340m

(above sea level)

At the base, I assume you mean.

looks like a type of Dipterocarp.

Looks like a Cotton Tree, similar to one not far from our house. Changes colour three times a year and 'snows' seeds all over the area around April.

Thanks trainman, I believe you're correct. A closer look at foliage and bark looks identical to "bombax Scopulorum" or silk cotton tree.

The easiest way to measure the height of the tree or anything else for that matter is simple, you need a stick, hold your arm straight out in front of you with the fings extended now measure the distance from your eye to the end of your fingers that is the length of your stick, now hold the stick apprx in the middle at arms length and walk backwards until the top and bottom of the tree are level with the top and bottom of your stick so measure the distance back to the base of the tree, the measurement is very accurate.

There is another method using a shorter stick but you need a helper but still very simple.

The easiest way to measure the height of the tree or anything else for that matter is simple, you need a stick, hold your arm straight out in front of you with the fings extended now measure the distance from your eye to the end of your fingers that is the length of your stick, now hold the stick apprx in the middle at arms length and walk backwards until the top and bottom of the tree are level with the top and bottom of your stick so measure the distance back to the base of the tree, the measurement is very accurate.

There is another method using a shorter stick but you need a helper but still very simple.

Good reply, wackysleet. That is the method my father taught me, but I forgot the details, so I couldn't reply.

The easiest way to measure the height of the tree or anything else for that matter is simple, you need a stick, hold your arm straight out in front of you with the fings extended now measure the distance from your eye to the end of your fingers that is the length of your stick, now hold the stick apprx in the middle at arms length and walk backwards until the top and bottom of the tree are level with the top and bottom of your stick so measure the distance back to the base of the tree, the measurement is very accurate.

There is another method using a shorter stick but you need a helper but still very simple.

Great advice thanks although impossible to do with this tree as river in between and nowhere to walk forward or back. A (revised) estimated 26 to 36m is close enough.

I'll run round with my chainsaw tomorrow to cut it down & measure it

Idiot...they want the height not the length.

I'll run round with my chainsaw tomorrow to cut it down & measure it

Idiot...they want the height not the length.

Who do? Thai girls?

I'll run round with my chainsaw tomorrow to cut it down & measure it

Idiot...they want the height not the length.

Placing an I like on this one would not do it justice.

Excellent post.

You made my day and it has been a good one so far.

I bet someone comes along and fills the land, raises the soil level a metre around the tree.....tree dies a few years later......never mind, happens oh so often.....murderers.

I say 35m.

34.2m.

That looks like a Ton Noon (Kapok tree). It produces pods that have cotton like fibers. When it flowers, villagers come around to collect the flowers anthers that fall to the ground. They use that to make Nam Ngiow.

I say 35m.

34.2m.

and who is to say he is not right? because the mathematical way is using trigonometry. setting an angle bevel at say 50m from the tree pointing to the top, and making a note of the angle.

Then if anyone can remember Sine/cosine/tangents with adjacents/opposites/hypotenuse you can calculate fairly easily the height..

even boring myself here.

I say 35m.

34.2m.

and who is to say he is not right? because the mathematical way is using trigonometry. setting an angle bevel at say 50m from the tree pointing to the top, and making a note of the angle.

Then if anyone can remember Sine/cosine/tangents with adjacents/opposites/hypotenuse you can calculate fairly easily the height..

even boring myself here.

Can we have a poll ? JINGTHING ! ! ! !

I'll run round with my chainsaw tomorrow to cut it down & measure it

Idiot...they want the height not the length.

Placing an I like on this one would not do it justice.

Excellent post.

You made my day and it has been a good one so far.

Whatever floats yer boat. I found the chainsaw quip more amusing myself, though neither is worth more than one of these - .

The easiest way to measure the height of the tree or anything else for that matter is simple, you need a stick, hold your arm straight out in front of you with the fings extended now measure the distance from your eye to the end of your fingers that is the length of your stick, now hold the stick apprx in the middle at arms length and walk backwards until the top and bottom of the tree are level with the top and bottom of your stick so measure the distance back to the base of the tree, the measurement is very accurate.

There is another method using a shorter stick but you need a helper but still very simple.

Or, make a home made clinometer, sort of like a protractor with a movable pointer. Measure the angle to the top of the tree. Measure the distance across the river to the tree on google earth. Then use a bit of trigonometry to work out the height.

That is a beautiful tree. Surprised one of the locals have not cut it down yet to sell the wood.

That is a beautiful tree. Surprised one of the locals have not cut it down yet to sell the wood.

Why burn wood when you can add to the neighborhood the sweet smell of burning garbage?

The easiest way to measure the height of the tree or anything else for that matter is simple, you need a stick, hold your arm straight out in front of you with the fings extended now measure the distance from your eye to the end of your fingers that is the length of your stick, now hold the stick apprx in the middle at arms length and walk backwards until the top and bottom of the tree are level with the top and bottom of your stick so measure the distance back to the base of the tree, the measurement is very accurate.

There is another method using a shorter stick but you need a helper but still very simple.

Or, make a home made clinometer, sort of like a protractor with a movable pointer. Measure the angle to the top of the tree. Measure the distance across the river to the tree on google earth. Then use a bit of trigonometry to work out the height.

Or just send a bloke up there with some string.

I'll run round with my chainsaw tomorrow to cut it down & measure it

Idiot...they want the height not the length.

Placing an I like on this one would not do it justice.

Excellent post.

You made my day and it has been a good one so far.

I second that..I almost spit a mouthful of vegetable juice over my keyboard