Peter
> Interesting discussion.
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> But what about the basics?
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> What Record Monuments did you tie to?
> What Record Coordinate Values were used for those Monuments?
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> My scan of the posts and replies... it seems nobody mentions the Basics!
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> after you get that foundation laid then you can go on to say what procedures you used to derive your new values (via your black box, OPUS, transit & chain, magic... whatever)
In this case, I don't necessarily think that the metadata statement is the place for that. Typically, in Texas, there is a spot reserved for the bearing base (required by MTS) but I wouldn't want someone to confuse or obfuscate what the map is trying to portray by mixing two different thoughts.
In your senario, I suppose a table or narrative could express that. Mine is somewhat like that, but I don't think that focusing on this one issue is bad either. It took me a long time, after reading a lot of them, to develop mine and it's a mix of many people's statements that portray what I want the end user to understand.
Another thread about the above would be excellent to be honest. Many people have MANY different ways for reporting what monuments were controlling/not controlling/set/found, et cetera. That would be VERY interesting.
Encounters with Metadata of the Third Kind
Kent,
Here is Mr. Brown's map metadata:
“Map No. 1
This map of the road from Fort Osage on the Frontier of Missouri to the 100th degree of Longitude West from Greenwich, in the direction to Santa Fe, is laid down by a Scale of 4 miles to an inch. For ready reference lines are drawn at 10 miles distance & by reference to the margin the miles of Southing and Westing of any point on the road may be seen at once. The Latitudes of places are determined by careful observations with a good Sextant –& the Longitudes by calculation based upon the Meridian of the Mouth of the Ohio River as determined by Mr. Ellicot & the Public Surveys from thence to the Meridian of Fort Osage. The Magnetic Variation at Fort Osage is 11¼° E & at 100th degree of Longitude on the Arkansas it is 11½° E & at Taos it is 12° E. For continuation of the Road see Map No. 2 on the same scale.
October 27th 1827 Joseph C. Brown”
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