The "Four Corners" States
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January 7th, 2019 at 12:29:46 PM permalink | |
petroglyph Member since: Aug 3, 2014 Threads: 25 Posts: 6227 | I thought they were using navigational seconds, minutes, and degrees? When navigating, there are sixty seconds in a minute, a minute equals a mile, sixty miles in a degree of Latitude . 6000[76]ft. in a nautical mile? "Nautical mile - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nautical_mile For distance measurement on land, see mile. For the US unit based on the equator, see geographical mile. A nautical mile is a unit of measurement used in both air and marine navigation, and for the ... Statute mile: ≈1.15078 Unit system: Non-SI unit 1 M, NM, or nmi in: is equal to Unit of: Length" The last official act of any government is to loot the treasury. GW |
January 7th, 2019 at 12:36:36 PM permalink | |
AZDuffman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 135 Posts: 18136 |
They could be, I am just using simple measurements. I read degree bearings as part of my job. I plot them into plots. I do not do the surveying. For all I know the Four Corners was measured with perches, links, rods, and roods. The President is a fink. |
January 7th, 2019 at 1:59:43 PM permalink | |
petroglyph Member since: Aug 3, 2014 Threads: 25 Posts: 6227 | I don't know either. They may have used a chain for all I am aware? I thought they knew where the actual location was when we went and stood in 4 states at once? It was later in the local paper that it was claimed it wasn't totally accurate by today's standards. No matter, it's a cool picture. The last official act of any government is to loot the treasury. GW |
January 7th, 2019 at 2:04:30 PM permalink | |
AZDuffman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 135 Posts: 18136 |
Things change. The point where WV meets PA and OH is one of the most special borders in the USA for it is where all the surveying for the western reserve begins. You have a house in the Midwest? Well, the survey is based from this point. Except the “marked” point isn’t the real point as the real point is on private land about 30 yards south. I forget exact, but the point is borders are not as exact as we think. The President is a fink. |
January 7th, 2019 at 2:21:37 PM permalink | |
Ayecarumba Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 89 Posts: 1744 | Isn't there an admission fee to visit the monument (which isn't on the actual spot)? If you knew where it was, could you stand on the "actual" spot for free? |
January 7th, 2019 at 2:24:24 PM permalink | |
petroglyph Member since: Aug 3, 2014 Threads: 25 Posts: 6227 | All I know for sure is, I bought a half acre from a guy that didn't own it, and I never got my money back. I got a good deal because I paid cash. The last official act of any government is to loot the treasury. GW |
January 7th, 2019 at 2:25:41 PM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25010 |
Why do they survey every time a property is sold. This 2 acres has been in my fam for 60 years, every time property is sold around it, they survey and results are the same as last time. What a racket. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
January 7th, 2019 at 2:32:39 PM permalink | |
kenarman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 14 Posts: 4470 |
If we use the Euclidian geometry axioms a point has no area so nothing could 'touch' it. "but if you make yourselves sheep, the wolves will eat you." Benjamin Franklin |
January 7th, 2019 at 2:47:21 PM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25010 |
I have the book of previous owners of this property going back to the 1860's. Where there is survey info, it's always the same. Why would it change. It's just a scam so the survey companies can charge to do it again. It should only be done if there's a dispute. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
January 7th, 2019 at 4:28:51 PM permalink | |
Wizard Administrator Member since: Oct 23, 2012 Threads: 239 Posts: 6095 | When I lived in Baltimore I had a row home and it wasn't clear where the border in the backyard was to the neighbors. When I wanted to build a fence, I had to get a surveyor to put out stakes. I heard when a neighbor did the same, the surveyor made a mistake, by just an inch or so, but they had to remove the whole fence to shift it over that inch. Knowledge is Good -- Emil Faber |