+parkrrrr Posted February 5, 2004 Share Posted February 5, 2004 Useless trivia time.... Just for fun, I created a list of all possible marker types, as specified in the _MARKER field of the datasheets. I couldn't find this list anywhere on the NGS site, and since some similarly demented person might find it useful, I present it here: 01 = LONE TREE 02 = CONSPICUOUS ROCK 03 = MOUNTAIN PEAK 04 = ROCK PINNACLE 05 = ROCK AWASH 11 = PILING 12 = DOLPHIN 13 = LIGHTHOUSE 14 = NAVIGATION LIGHT 15 = RANGE MARKER 16 = DAYBEACON 17 = FLAG TOWER 18 = SIGNAL MAST 21 = AIRPORT BEACON 22 = AIRWAY BEACON 25 = RADAR ANTENNA 26 = SPHERICAL RADOME 27 = RADIO RANGE MAST 28 = LORAN MAST 41 = ANTENNA MAST 42 = RADIO/TV MAST 43 = RADIO/TV TOWER 44 = MICROWAVE MAST 45 = MICROWAVE TOWER 51 = TANK 52 = STANDPIPE TANK 53 = ELEVATED TANK 54 = WATER TOWER 55 = TOWER 56 = SKELETON TOWER 57 = LOOKOUT TOWER 58 = CONTROL TOWER 61 = POLE 62 = FLAGPOLE 63 = STACK 64 = SILO 65 = GRAIN ELEVATOR 66 = WINDMILL 67 = OIL DERRICK 68 = COMMERCIAL SIGN 69 = REGULATORY SIGN 70 = MONUMENT 71 = BOUNDARY MONUMENT 72 = CAIRN 73 = LOOKOUT HOUSE 74 = LARGE CROSS 75 = BELFRY 81 = GABLE 82 = FINIAL 83 = FLAGSTAFF 84 = LIGHTNING ROD 85 = CHIMNEY 86 = CUPOLA 87 = DOME 88 = OBSERVATORY DOME 89 = SPIRE 90 = CHURCH SPIRE 91 = CHURCH CROSS 92 = ANTENNA ON ROOF 93 = MICROWAVE ANTENNA ON BUILDING 94 = ROOFTOP VENTILATOR 95 = ROOFTOP BLOCKHOUSE A = ALUMINUM MARKER B = BOLT C = CAP OF CAP-AND-BOLT PAIR DA = ASTRO MARKER (USUALLY A DISK) DB = BENCH MARK DISK DD = SURVEY DISK DE = TRAVERSE STATION DISK DG = GRAVITY STATION DISK DH = HORIZONTAL CONTROL DISK DJ = TIDAL STATION DISK DK = GRAVITY REFERENCE MARK DISK DM = MAGNETIC STATION DISK DO = NOT SPECIFIED OR SEE DESCRIPTION DP = BASE LINE PIER DQ = CALIBRATION BASE LINE DISK DR = REFERENCE MARK DISK DS = TRIANGULATION STATION DISK DT = TOPOGRAPHIC STATION DISK DU = BOUNDARY MARKER DV = VERTICAL CONTROL DISK DW = NOS HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY DISK DZ = AZIMUTH MARK DISK E = EARTHENWARE POT F = FLANGE-ENCASED ROD G = GLASS BOTTLE H = DRILL HOLE I = METAL ROD J = EARTHENWARE JUG K = CLAY TILE PIPE L = ABSOLUTE GRAVITY STATION PLUG M = AMMO SHELL CASING N = NAIL O = CHISELED CIRCLE P = PIPE CAP Q = CHISELED SQUARE R = RIVET S = SPIKE STATION IS THE ANTENNA REFERENCE POINT OF THE GPS ANTENNA STATION IS THE L1 PHASE CENTER OF THE GPS ANTENNA T = CHISELED TRIANGLE U = CONCRETE POST V = STONE MONUMENT W = UNMONUMENTED X = CHISELED CROSS Y = DRILL HOLE IN BRICK Z = SEE DESCRIPTION Quote Link to comment
+Rich in NEPA Posted February 5, 2004 Share Posted February 5, 2004 I like #1! We have a station not far from here supposedly established in 1885 with that very designation: KV3874. Anyone care to bet whether or not it still exists?! With some luck, and when the weather turns nicer, I'm hoping to satisfy my curiosity. Cheers ... Quote Link to comment
+parkrrrr Posted February 5, 2004 Author Share Posted February 5, 2004 (edited) M is rather amusing, too. I wonder how many of those there are... Answer: 13 (UW5360 GT0211 GT1803 GC2684 EZ3438 EM0812 EM0672 EM1083 EM0818 EM0796 GV5867 HV8236 AD7120) There are more lone trees than ammo shell casings: UW6397 GP0535 JT2360 KU2885 LX5127 AS0755 AK7101 LW5044 HU1895 SR1112 FW1591 PF0955 JU2618 KX2178 KV3874 GV5341 GV5342 GV4520 GV4326 GV4653 SV1706 RZ1876 GP0535 Edited February 5, 2004 by parkrrrr Quote Link to comment
+Team GPSaxophone Posted February 5, 2004 Share Posted February 5, 2004 How far away from another tree does it have to be before it is considered "lone"? Quote Link to comment
+Zhanna Posted February 5, 2004 Share Posted February 5, 2004 I couldn't find this list anywhere on the NGS site, ... It is there, in a slightly different form, but it's no wonder you couldn't find it. It's buried here: NGS Monumentation (Marker) Code Thanks to Rogbarn, who can't post at the moment, for the link! ~Zhanna Quote Link to comment
+parkrrrr Posted February 5, 2004 Author Share Posted February 5, 2004 My thanks too, to both RogBarn and you. I also needed the Setting codes, and divining those from the text turns out to be much, much harder. I guess I didn't have to download the entire database after all. But now that I have it (well, except Alaska) I wonder if I should offer to burn it on a CD and send it to Groundspeak... Quote Link to comment
+seventhings Posted February 6, 2004 Share Posted February 6, 2004 parkrrr - that's an interesting list. good job. I wonder, however, about the wisdom of providing a community of eccentric obsessive-compulsive list fiends yet another bunch of ordered data to play with. I have recovered 29 of the 108 marker types listed. 7 Quote Link to comment
+GEO*Trailblazer 1 Posted February 6, 2004 Share Posted February 6, 2004 Neat list I got over 30 types. Quote Link to comment
+happycycler Posted February 6, 2004 Share Posted February 6, 2004 Looks like I have 29 types plus one (1) NOT LISTED and five (5) SEE DESCRIPTION. Quote Link to comment
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