Ernmark
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In a related note - I've begun to notice that paper maps in general (i.e. traditional highway maps & street maps) are getting hard to come by. When I travel on vacation, etc., I used to always try to pick up a street map of the area I was visiting in order to get an idea of the 'lay of the land' but in mini-marts, gas stations, etc. the pickings are getting slim. GPS units are great, but there is a lot to miss by not knowing anything about the area more than a hundred yards left or right!
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NGS Website unavailable because of government shutdown
Ernmark replied to shorbird's topic in Benchmarking
Awesome! The mantle of information rests upon you, my friend! -
NGS Website unavailable because of government shutdown
Ernmark replied to shorbird's topic in Benchmarking
"it's a quest! A quest for fun...." ...oops - thread hijack! -
BenchMap & Google Earth Overlay, with NGS Shutdown..
Ernmark replied to foxtrot_xray's topic in Benchmarking
..NOW the Gov't shutdown has my attention! -
It's back - woohoo!!!
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Speaking of the viewer - is anyone having trouble with it today? I haven't ben able to access the site since sometime last night. I must admit, I've become quite dependent on it
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Sad news - he was a well-known name to benchmark hunters over at Geocaching.com as well..
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..happens to me, too - I believe it has something to do with the 'Early Onset of Old Age' !
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I looked over @ Waymarking & nobody's posted this one in the US Benchmarks category, if you're inclined to post there..
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The most important thing is that the station has adjusted horizontal coordinates. A quick sweep with a metal detector in the 'sweet spot' should yield a hit if the mark is still pretty close to the surface..
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NGS reported to us about 5 years ago that they really weren't interested in recovery reports for intersection stations (spires, poles, etc). If you were to report this one to NGS you would either report a 'not found' in the standard recovery form (with description of what you observed) or take a photo of the area with pole missing & email to Deb Brown @ NGS, where it would be reviewed to change status to 'Destroyed'. Here's the instructions from the acutal Recovery form: 1) If you have found the actual marker separated from its setting, you can report the point as destroyed. To do so please send the report on the destroyed mark as an email to Deb Brown (Deb.Brown@noaa.gov). If you send this email, please do not submit the current form, Deb Brown will submit the report for you. In addition, please submit proof of the mark's destruction via actual disk, rubbing, photo, or digital picture (preferred) to Deb Brown: Deb Brown, N/NGS143 National Geodetic Survey, NOAA 1315 East West Highway Silver Spring, MD 20910 2) If you did not find the actual marker, then you should enter notes concerning evidence of its possible destruction as text records and select "Not recovered, not found" as the condition of mark.
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The Box Score bearing would be from the actual station MARION (true north) - so you would subtract 180° to do the reverse - 144° 03' if my math is on target today - edit - looking @ Google Earth, the main stastion should be SE of the Reference Mark - maybe 5' W of a pole & across from the driveway.. see map
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Not sure why both are 'Destroyed' - however, I wouldn't report a good recovery on SK0181(the bolt) without actually seing it. Interesting result when typing in SK0183...
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..think it might be H 559 RESET in the pic? AA4342 STATION DESCRIPTION AA4342 AA4342'DESCRIBED BY CALTRANS 1979 (CML) AA4342'0.8 MILE (1.3 KM) EAST ALONG STATE HIGHWAY 58 FROM THE CALIFORNIA AA4342'DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION MAINTENANCE STATION IN SIMMLER, 0.25 MILE AA4342'(0.40 KM) EAST OF A RANCH HOUSE, 40 1/2 FEET NORTH OF THE CENTERLINE AA4342'OF THE HIGHWAY, 0.5 FOOT (15.2 CM) SOUTH OF A FENCE, 1.0 FOOT (0.3 M) AA4342'SOUTH OF A WITNESS POST, 0.9 FOOT (27.4 CM) HIGHER THAN THE HIGHWAY, AA4342'AND SET IN THE TOP OF A CONCRETE POST PROJECTING 0.5 FOOT (15.2 CM) AA4342'ABOVE THE GROUND.
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Benchmark Hunting in Yellowstone National Park
Ernmark replied to Golden Ace's topic in Benchmarking
I know we're off-topic, but....do you have any photos? I know of some Tidal Benchmarks I'd like to look for when I get back there again.. -
Vince, I can't find a previous forum thread right now, but it is generally expected that a new benchmarker log quite a few marks into Geocache and then be very familiar with the above 'pinned' topics before attempting an official 'RECOVERY' with NGS. Please note the emphasis I placed on the terms 'log' (what we do to report on our hobby activity), and 'RECOVERY' (information -hopefully not misinformation - which becomes part of an official document that can be very important to professionals in the field of surveying and engineering). And there are a smattering of NGS marks that are physically located north of the Medicine Line. kayakbird Agreed - NGS recoveries are going into a database which is meant to be used by professionals, and you will often want to include updated descriptions, measuerments, etc. I've always wanted to review whatever notes I've taken & look over my photos before submitting an official recovery....not to mention that typing on those little phone screens seem to allow me to make mistakes
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Sure are - here's the first one: BOUNDARY MON INITIAL DE MD (HU1443). Seventhings visited quite a few of them awhile back & posted them with a lot of accompanying research on Waymarking - Ex: TP Line Mile 0, 1751, Delaware-Maryland
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There seems to be a lot of fresh marks on the Eastern Shore to look for once you get settled in!
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I don't think so - there were a huge amount of marks set during the war (especially in 1942)...
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I look forward to seeing him show up in the BM hunting statistics over @ holoscenes.com !
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Current Location of NGS list of Monumentation Types
Ernmark replied to Ernmark's topic in Benchmarking
I believe that is it - the 'Hippo' list Thanks! -
Does enybody know off-hand the current location of NGS's list of monumentation types? (formerly - www.ngs.noaa.gov/PC_PROD/DDPROC4.XX/dformat.documentation.html#A.12 ) Thanks!
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GEOCAC is just another 'agency' listed in the NGS database like State Highway Departments, State Geodetic Survey, US Power Squadron, etc. GEOCAC was set up for 'us' as a group to submit our findings, and, as stated, individually we can be identified in www.holoscenes.com if you like to keep track. PS - we don't mention it a lot here, but there are other cool things if you poke around the site - including a BM Wiki!
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It's been reported elsewhere here that NGS uploads have been spotty lately. Interestingly, the last example you linked to (TU0858) has an incorrect recovery - the reset disk is a different disk altogether, so J 22 is 'Not Found'.
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I notice that a lot of intersection station reports submitted as GEOCAC lately are being submitted by individuales who weren't lurking here (ore even benchmark hunting) back when that info from Deb was posted here..