Other Books of Interest

[+Golden Ace]

My previous post about the book on benchmark hunting in Yellowstone generated some interest, so I thought I would share the following books as well. Does anyone know of other books of interest to benchmark hunters (especially in the U.S.)?

 

Johns, Brian D. 2010. Boise Benchmarking: Using Your GPS Device to Explore the Treasure Valley. CreateSpace Independent Publishing.

http://www.amazon.com/Boise-Benchmarking-Device-Explore-Treasure/dp/1452820376/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1360356503&sr=1-1&keywords=bench+marks+boise

 

Rushing, Rhonda. 2006. Lasting Impressions: A Glimpse into the Legacy of Surveying, Vol. 1. Berntsen International Inc.

http://www.amazon.com/Lasting-Impressions-Glimpse-Legacy-Surveying/dp/0976504383/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1360357407&sr=1-3&keywords=surveying+markers

 

Atwood, Kay. 2008. Chaining Oregon: Surveying the Public Lands of the Pacific Northwest, 1851-1855. McDonald and Woodward Publishing Company.

http://www.amazon.com/Chaining-Oregon-Kay-Atwood/dp/0939923203

 

Golden Ace

Edited February 8, 2013 by Golden Ace

[kayakbird]

Not a full book, but a great pamphlet with illustrations of early marks, techniques and equipment.

 

Nebraska's Early Geodetic Surveys

 

Square Nail gave me a copy shortly after I started Benchmarking in late 2008 and I immediately got hooked on chasing after the 500 plus Missouri River Commission (MORC) Triangulation Stations and Bench Marks in Montana.

 

SOUTH DAKOTA MORC

 

Also covered, and of particular interest to me, was the very short lived 'State Survey' project under the Civil Works Administration in 1933-34. Many states have some of these that have a PID, and many more that were set but never surveyed in. Interestingly, Oregon has a large number of them with PID's; but they are impossible to filter out of GSAK.

 

OREGON 'STATE SURVEY'

 

These little imperfections add to the challenge of Benchmarking. kayakbird