My better half and I enjoyed two weeks in Japan in January. Of course as a surveyor on holiday, there is only one really important thing to photograph...
I guess it's not just me who walks around on vacation with his head down staring at the sidewalks and lot corners....
Now they are very neat. Amongst the best I've seen.
Wonder how the OSG would like them here? Probably not get past an Audit!
Did you acquire any unused ones? Those small metal marks would make good office adornments.
gschrock, post: 356260, member: 556 wrote: Way cool. We visit Japan often, and when the kids were little it was a game to find various types of marks. In some places they are real works of art and some are many many centuries old. I'll dig out some pics. Kyoto was particularly diverse in old and new marks. I was surprised to find survey markers in the bins in a local hardware store. Went out on a survey crew there in a rural prefecture and it was a real eye opener...
I never thought of visiting a hardware store to buy one! I would have done so. I didn't see anyone surveying (there would have been more photos otherwise.).
What do you mean by eye opener?
Richard, post: 356259, member: 833 wrote: Now they are very neat. Amongst the best I've seen.
Wonder how the OSG would like them here? Probably not get past an Audit!
Did you acquire any unused ones? Those small metal marks would make good office adornments.
I'm annoyed with myself at what gschrock said above in that the marks are available at hardware stores. Although to be honest I never saw anything that I did recognise as a hardware store. No big green Bunnings sheds there.
I just re read the directions and as long as they were sufficiently permanent, durable and clearly described, I'm not sure the OSG would mind.
You must have been in the urban areas. I was expecting Datsun axles. 🙂
Thanks for sharing.
James
I know a local lady nearby who comes from Japan.
She has just returned.
I'll show them to her.
Maybe souvenirs at the hardware store next visit?
Definitely worth sharing, thanks.
Rich., post: 356252, member: 10450 wrote: I guess it's not just me who walks around on vacation with his head down staring at the sidewalks and lot corners....
Nope, it ain't just you. I do the same thing until SWMBO issues a "cease and desist" command. 🙁
FL/GA PLS., post: 356299, member: 379 wrote: Nope, it ain't just you. I do the same thing until SWMBO issues a "cease and desist" command. 🙁
yes, vacation marker hunting has gotten so bad for me that my bride has to lure me out of the street with a sandwich and chilly drink, instead of loaning me her camera
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Is that a pin cushion? lol Cool Thanks for sharing. Disney World has some cool monuments also.
You're getting old, Moe. Remember when a whole lot less than a sandwich and a cool drink would get you to follow her anywhere? Immediately!
makerofmaps, post: 356319, member: 9079 wrote: Is that a pin cushion? lol Cool Thanks for sharing. Disney World has some cool monuments also.
I found a survey monument in Disneyland in Anaheim. I immediately whipped out my wallet card (back with the CA Board issued nice plastic "credit card type" cards) and set it on the ground and photographed my card next to the monument with Mickey Mouse ears on it.
FL/GA PLS., post: 356299, member: 379 wrote: Nope, it ain't just you. I do the same thing until SWMBO issues a "cease and desist" command. 🙁
My wife tolerates quite a bit of bench mark hunting on our trips, but it has to fit the otherwise needed schedule. She's even come back from a business trip with pictures of disks.
For the Disney fans, a couple links:
http://www.wintertime.com/Prof/Mags/TAS.pdf
http://www.wintertime.com/OH/Disney/WDW/WDW2006/ACSM.html
Those are so neat. Thanks for sharing. Of couse we will stare at the ground as we are walking.
I'm sure it's just a phenomenon attributable to surveyors.
One of the "natural wonders" of this world where surveyors traipse around the country not looking for marks but they (marks) just materialise out of nowhere, like mist that rises and suddenly it's (marks) are everywhere to be seen.
I don't set about to look out for marks, nor keep my eyes to the ground. But they are very much part of an outing.
I still remember walking Kauai and reckon if you gave me a map of a certain town we stayed in I could pinpoint several.
I found an old concrete nail complete with frilly tag on Diamond Head. It was out of the ground.
It came home with me and customs took ages examining my bag on the scanner before ordering a search and explain.
It was an entertaining time.
Great true story, one to get the kids interested in:
http://www.fig.net/resources/monthly_articles/2015/ripro_little_orca_story_february_2015.asp
That's uncanny. Almost a year to the day to my vacation. Those marks are all over the place. I found one of the manufacturers and almost made it to their shop to see if I could order some, but as I had already had a long day walking all over the Ginza District, I ended up headed straight back to the hotel.
http://www.ripro.co.jp/english.html
I see that they have a survey marker museum, but I think that was in their hometown 330 miles from where I was staying. The plastic markers look interesting and I see that they are offered with options for a magnet and RFID tags. I'm pretty sure the subject of RFID tags was discussed a long time ago on the old RPLS.com message board.
After reviewing my pictures, there is something new that I can add to the conversation. One thing that I like about the practices in Japan was what I assume is the utility locate marks. I believe these stickers look a lot neater than the normal American practice of painting locate marks. These stickers are on a sidewalk across the street from Ksh-ji Temple in Kyoto.
My translator says that this word is "denki" which means electricity or electric light. Looks like it is pointing at a conduit coming off the utility pole.
Not sure if "G" means gas?
Another, unrelated picture is a round escalator in Yokohama. Pretty ingenious in my opinion.
