>>Personally, I wouldn't trust Knapp's diagram, as he deliberately forced the icefield into a NE orinetation to make the Titanic stop on the European side of the floe.<<
I wouldn't be so sure of that. What Captain Knapp did was chart the icefield based on the extant information on ice that had actually been reported. That doesn't mean that what he put together was flawless, but he did the best he could with what was available. I don't believe that there was any particular agenda at work with this one, nor do I don't think there was much reason to dispute which
side of the icefield the Titanic was stopped on. That much was pretty much a given. Remember that the Mount Temple was stopped along the Western side and watched the
Carpathia do her work on the Eastern side.
Granted, the data was not precise, but about all that really proves is that they didn't have the benefit of GPS navigation aides.