Winners of the 2022 Photo Contest! 😀
Zones you don't need to know about unless you are using GPS. Technically, that is a misstatement, but close enough for today's reality.
Mine arrived today, many thanks Wendell. Really good quality. Those of you who haven't ordered had better get your credit cards out and do so.
Wendell - now we all know the range of images you like then next year some of us will try and spread the world view of surveying a little further (Christof L. won't be alone, even if he is from a funny country!)
Thanks Chris! I too am impressed with the quality -- most promo calendars I've had over the years have thin paper that easily breaks when changing to a new month -- this calendar uses heavy duty paper and there's no issue with that! I also like the metal binder instead of staples. But of course, the best part are the actual photos!
I figured the first year would be a bit challenging, and I'm also figuring out that we need more time. So in 2022, I plan to announce the photo contest in March or April. However, that doesn't mean you can't start taking great photos now. 🙂 I do think it's helpful to keep people out of the photos (or unrecognizable or looking away from the camera) from a purely legal standpoint because it eliminates the need for media releases.
A little inside info: I'm wondering if next year's theme could be related to monuments. My initial thought is that each entry includes TWO photos, one of a monument close-up, and one of the scenery from that location (or relatively close to it). Each page of the calendar could have the scenery shot as the overall background, with an inset photo of the monument in one corner. That might be cool, but not sure I'll go that direction yet. My main concern is that we get more entries next year. 🙂
I received my prize package last night. Everyone in the family quickly flipped through to see what photo made their birthday month. My youngest son was the last to look. He found sewer pipes on his birthday month of March. We all got a good laugh! Thanks Wendell! And thanks @Stacy Carroll for the ??Incoming Outgoing? photo!
Got calendars today and agree they came out great!
That sounds like a good way of limiting it to the USA. Some older parts of the (civilised) world don't have monuments - not the surveying kind anyway. It also excludes all sorts of interesting scenarios - (plus you need enough theme ideas for the following couple of decades!)
Incidentally the printers of the ones distributed in the UK used a high quality stiff card for all the pages.
That sounds like a good way of limiting it to the USA. Some older parts of the (civilised) world don't have monuments - not the surveying kind anyway. It also excludes all sorts of interesting scenarios - (plus you need enough theme ideas for the following couple of decades!)
Good points! I'm US-based, so not well-versed in what goes on in other countries. Thank you for the feedback!
That sounds like a good way of limiting it to the USA. Some older parts of the (civilised) world don't have monuments - not the surveying kind anyway. It also excludes all sorts of interesting scenarios - (plus you need enough theme ideas for the following couple of decades!)
How do they establish locations? Surely, they have bounds of some sort on boundaries.
In the UK (and some other places) we have a system of "General Boundaries", partly because land ownership goes back to pre-Roman times. The plus side is that generally change of ownership doesn't incur the cost of a survey and minor discrepancies don't involve long and expensive legal arguments.
The principle relies on a general small scale plan (using the national mapping) which shows the location and shape of the land, but doesn't define exactly where the boundary lies. The Title Deeds may include a description and occasionally a dimension or two - typically they might say who is responsible for maintaining a hedge or wall.
There's also a system of adverse possession, whereby if somebody elses land is occupied for a long time (over 12 years minimum) and they don't object, then the occupier can claim the land - which might involve a legal argument.
Generally the system works well; minor arguments can usually be sorted quickly, perhaps with a surveyor surveying both properties and then explaining how the discrepancy has occurred. I would guess that around 95% of disagreements end up being settled between the two neighbours because they realise that a legal battle is costly and the "spoils" aren't worthwhile even if they win.
Ownership plans are held by the national Land Registry and are available for inspection by all. Typical one is attached. Note the step in the western boundary - not dimensioned - which goes around a small outbuilding. This boundary is almost certainly the result of an adverse possession at some time in the distant past. The original boundary would have been straight, but over the years the outbuilding and garage have been built either slightly onto next door's land, or the fence beyond the outbuilding has been moved the other way (possibly it was originally a hedge, then the neighbour to the west put up a fence beside the hedge and on his land, then the hedge disappeared and over time the fence became the boundary).
And not a monument in sight! (Note: it is possible to register the exact coordinates of the land, with agreement of all parties, but this is quite rare).
