Ok, so it appears there is a difference between coordinates on Coll, Ransom and the current but this can happen. Maps are amended the places change though the years. This does mean however I will have to upgrade the meridian I have already according Ramsom's coordinates. Mount Diablo Meridian Most Initial Points are created incidentally, as baselines (and sometimes the meridians) are usually created first, with one end anchored on relatively immutable geographic features, such as the confluence of rivers, or latitudinal lines. The west has a number of exceptions, where prominent peaks were selected to be Initial Points, and then base-lines and meridians were drawn from them, as their visibility from great distances aided the surveyor’s task. Such was the case with Mount Diablo, an isolated mound rising above the surrounding valley, east of the San Fran...