Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/05/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jim, Yes, the benchmarks are pretty much in a grid throughout the U.S. and almost all land surveys will ultimately refer to them as they are by definition exactly where they say they are. An interesting aside, my dad during a brief stint as a teacher of surveying had as part of the final a benchmark that was in the middle of a creek. If you could do the math then you would find it. Don don.dory@gmail.com On 5/16/06, Jim Hemenway <Jim@hemenway.com> wrote: > > Last Monday, the day before the skies opened up on us, I loaded up the > R8 with some old Velvia and took a walk in the Middlesex Fells in > Medford, MA. > > You can see a < in the bottom right corner of this satelite view, it > points to the tower shown in sixth photo. > http://www.hemenway.com/MiddlesexFells/MiddlesexFells.jpg > > The highway showing top to bottom, is Interstate 93 heading north. > > The seventh is a view of Boston about 8 miles to the southeast and the > last is a "U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey" benchmark. These are found all > over the countryside and islands here and I would guess, around the rest > of the US as well. > > http://www.hemenway.com/MiddlesexFells/ > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >