+MICKYD Posted June 2, 2002 Share Posted June 2, 2002 It is interesting to note that the U S Power Squadron has been given credit for recovering many benchmarks along both the east and west coast dating from what appears to be the mid eighties. I'm curious why they were involved. Can any one shed a light on this activity? Quote Link to comment
+EraSeek Posted June 2, 2002 Share Posted June 2, 2002 I've seen a lot of their logs here too. I believe they are some sort of volunteer recovery group. Maybe retired surveyors? Quote Link to comment
+rdw Posted June 3, 2002 Share Posted June 3, 2002 The US Power Squadron is a boating club. I found specific references to survey markers at http://www.usps.org/localusps/d10/history.html about halfway down the page. Looks like were not the only people searching for these. rdw Quote Link to comment
+MICKYD Posted June 3, 2002 Author Share Posted June 3, 2002 Great work RDW, thanks for the research, it is quite interesting.I wonder if the USPS uses GPS technology when they recover the survey disks? I would hope that our efforts in recovering these benchmarks would supplement and add to the data already collected by the USGS and groups like them.MICKYD Quote Link to comment
+geowyz Posted June 6, 2002 Share Posted June 6, 2002 Dug a little deeper. These cats make us look like hacks. They actually have Geodetic Charting "Events". Must be quite a sight having dozens of Judge Smails'es running around in their yachting caps and docksiders looking for benchmarks along highways and railroad tracks. http://www.spisystems.com/fwps/charting/charting.htm Quote Link to comment
+geowyz Posted June 6, 2002 Share Posted June 6, 2002 Dug a little deeper. These cats make us look like hacks. They actually have Geodetic Charting "Events". Must be quite a sight having dozens of Judge Smails'es running around in their yachting caps and docksiders looking for benchmarks along highways and railroad tracks. http://www.spisystems.com/fwps/charting/charting.htm Quote Link to comment
iryshe Posted June 6, 2002 Share Posted June 6, 2002 They probably don't climb to the tops of mountain peaks too often though. I'm sure by next week/month/year we'll have caught up with 'em. Jeremy Jeremy Irish Groundspeak - The Language of Location Quote Link to comment
+Web-ling Posted June 6, 2002 Share Posted June 6, 2002 Maybe we should invite them to log here? Quote Link to comment
Bevis & Butthead Posted June 19, 2002 Share Posted June 19, 2002 Let them post here? I say, when we find them, we kick their ***! Quote Link to comment
Cape Cod Cacher Posted June 19, 2002 Share Posted June 19, 2002 I work for a company that sells different supplies to USPS members. Most are quite pleasant, but I have some horror stories as well. I refuse to go boating with members, and they'd probably be wary of 'Cachers. They have different gradings as part of their individual 'rank', including 3 different navigation ranks. They have 'predicted log' contests as an activity. In a relatively sheltered area (bay etc.), they follow a predetermined route using a chart, compass and tide/current info. BUT NO WATCHES, nevermind electronics. The object is to calculate their individual time around the course. I too doubt they will be climbing mountains, I shipped out a 58" belt today, and that's not the largest I've heard of !!! I have found a mark they reported as missing, it took a bit of bushwhacking and reading local history, but I found it. I've been at this since last August Quote Link to comment
Cape Cod Cacher Posted June 19, 2002 Share Posted June 19, 2002 I work for a company that sells different supplies to USPS members. Most are quite pleasant, but I have some horror stories as well. I refuse to go boating with members, and they'd probably be wary of 'Cachers. They have different gradings as part of their individual 'rank', including 3 different navigation ranks. They have 'predicted log' contests as an activity. In a relatively sheltered area (bay etc.), they follow a predetermined route using a chart, compass and tide/current info. BUT NO WATCHES, nevermind electronics. The object is to calculate their individual time around the course. I too doubt they will be climbing mountains, I shipped out a 58" belt today, and that's not the largest I've heard of !!! I have found a mark they reported as missing, it took a bit of bushwhacking and reading local history, but I found it. I've been at this since last August Quote Link to comment
Magellin Posted June 19, 2002 Share Posted June 19, 2002 Could it be? I do think that the PS does look for these items in a co-effort for the Federal Goverment to determine the actual coastline of the USA. This would allow for the known acctual location of Local,State and Federal Limits on Bounderies of Water surrounding the United States. This would be based upon the known location of said markers and the last know positions of "Lines of Demarcation" of land mass's. These are the farthist (outcropings on/over water) of two US land mass's (Point to point over water). Sofa, King, We, Todd, Did Quote Link to comment
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