New Jersey Survey Marks In Danger

[DaveD]

As reported this morning in the Trenton Times

http://www.nj.com/editorials/times/index.ssf?/base/news-0/106266450160130.xml

the last remaining fully functional calibration base line (CBL) in New Jersey

http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/CBLINES/BASELINES/nj is in danger of being damaged by local road construction. The four marks of this baseline are similar in design to other conventional bench marks, however they were established for the very specific purpose of providing surveyors with a standard by which they can calibrate their electronic distance measuring instruments. It's not very often that you find this level of attention paid to the geodetic network by the news media.

[+GEO*Trailblazer 1]

I hope that they save them.I have seen the DOT here take marks out for

"Road Improvements",and think that there is some other alternative than even getting close to the marks in???

Great story and thanks for the history of it.

 

WHEN ALL ELSE FAILS

*GEOTRYAGAIN*

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1803-2003

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"LEWIS AND CLARK EXPADITION"

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[RACooper]

I'm watching it happen here in Houston along Interstate-10. Local "transportation authorities" seem to think that expanding the freeway to 24 lanes will be an improvement to the traffic situation here. Unfortunately, this expansion will take out ~90% of the benchmarks that were placed along the E/W route of the MKT rail line that used to run parallel to the north of I-10. I'm not happy about the plans to begin with, then discovering the benchmark destruction just got me more depressed. Oh, how I want to get away from Houston....