In Texas, plastic caps really get a a workout just from the heat and sun. Here's a photo of one I found a couple of years ago near Presidio that was one of a whole series that had become so brittle that they split when a prism pole was set up on them to actually tie the marker. I ended up wiring the pieces of a couple onto the rod they'd fallen off of, but I doubt it will extend their useful lives more than five or six years.
One of the Plastic Caps in Above-Average Condition.
Plastic caps SUCK!
If you can't afford Aluminum, then you NEED to raise your rates.
Loyal
That's a lot like what happened to my brother's ski boots, which were stored in a Texas shed. We had to make a stop at a ski shop on our way to New Mexico.
> If you can't afford Aluminum, then you NEED to raise your rates.
Yeah, maybe just don't bother to use up a can of spray paint on everything near a corner and you'll save enough to buy an aluminum cap right there. :>
[sarcasm]"It takes 500-1000 years for plastic to degrade. Even if we stopped using plastics today, they will remain with us for many generations,..."[/sarcasm]
Coordinates don't have caps. What would a GIS pincushion look like? Is there an app for a dimple?;-)
> Coordinates don't have caps. What would a GIS pincushion look like?
I'd say that it would look very much like the Texas GLO GIS presently does in the area of Dimmit County North of Carrizo Springs. The GIS should look like this:
but instead looks like this:
which is more than amazing. The GIS has erased entire tracts to which the State of Texas issued a patent. One isn't even in the database at all.