pdumas Posted March 8, 2003 Share Posted March 8, 2003 I found a survey disk and I have a picture of it put it's not listed anywhere. What do I do? Quote Link to comment
+DustyJacket Posted March 8, 2003 Share Posted March 8, 2003 If you mean that it is not in the NGS database, there is nothing left to do. I contacted the NGS about a benchmark I found, that was on the USGS map but not their D/B. their response was that if it wasn't in their D/B, they didn't care. You could post a photo for us, though. What kind of mark is it? What agency? Is it like any of these: http://www.dustyjacket.com/benchmarks.html DustyJacket ...If life was fair, a banana split would cure cancer. Quote Link to comment
pdumas Posted March 8, 2003 Author Share Posted March 8, 2003 I can't find any listing for it. TOP: DENFENSE MAPPING AGENCY BOTTOM: SURVEY MARK A-1 STATION DESIGNATION DMATC-GSS YEAR 1978 Picture is in A Drive but that's all I can do with it, I don't know how to post it so you can see it. Quote Link to comment
+DustyJacket Posted March 8, 2003 Share Posted March 8, 2003 You can E-mail it to me and I'll add it to the Benchmark photos page. DustyJacket ...If life was fair, a banana split would cure cancer. Quote Link to comment
+DustyJacket Posted March 8, 2003 Share Posted March 8, 2003 Pdumas' disk is the last one on this page: http://www.dustyjacket.com/benchmarks.html DustyJacket ...If life was fair, a banana split would cure cancer. Quote Link to comment
pdumas Posted March 8, 2003 Author Share Posted March 8, 2003 Thanks for posting my picture of the disk. Just reading my notes for today (AE2988 Designation: A 2) the one not listed N34 53.795 W92 08.690 is has Designation: A 1 and it's .2 miles at a bearing of true 272 degrees from AE2988. Quote Link to comment
+happycycler Posted March 8, 2003 Share Posted March 8, 2003 I tried a GOOGLE search on DMATC-GSS and got a couple of Univ. of Arkansas references: web page web page2 [This message was edited by happycycler on March 08, 2003 at 04:38 PM.] Quote Link to comment
+AZAppels Posted March 8, 2003 Share Posted March 8, 2003 This is the first disk I have found. It is from the U.S. General Land Office Survey. Would be intersested in knowing if this is of any use. Thanks Quote Link to comment
survey tech Posted March 8, 2003 Share Posted March 8, 2003 I would guess DMATC-GSS may stand for Defense Mapping Agency Traverse Control - Geodetic Survey Station, or something to that effect. I would imagine it must be near some military installation. The GLO was the federal agency in charge of the public lands before it was replaced by the BLM, shortly after WWII, so any GLO markers are also cadastral rather than geodetic, which means that information pertaining to them will usually be found in property boundary records stored in state offices and county courthouses, rather than in a national database. Quote Link to comment
+GEO*Trailblazer 1 Posted March 8, 2003 Share Posted March 8, 2003 General Land Office.These marks are the corners of the Public Lands Surveys and Land Patents.They are, Beginning from the Stone in Arkansas,The Louisiana Purchase Stone. Geocaching Event Cache 3/22/2003,Township 1,Range 1 Section 1.see http://www.lapurchase.org. . WHEN ALL ELSE FAILS *GEOTRYAGAIN* http://www.msnusers.com/MissouriTrails Quote Link to comment
pdumas Posted March 9, 2003 Author Share Posted March 9, 2003 (I would guess DMATC-GSS may stand for Defense Mapping Agency Traverse Control - Geodetic Survey Station, or something to that effect. I would imagine it must be near some military installation.) Yes, I found the disk on Little Rock, AFB in Jacksonville, AR. Quote Link to comment
Z15 Posted March 9, 2003 Share Posted March 9, 2003 It stands for Defense Mapping Agency Topographic Center - Geodetic Survey Squadron Link to GSS info Quote Link to comment
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