The building is located in the Old Town area of Riga. The benchmark is located beneath the Vivienne store sign and right of the store entrance. It is about 12 inches above the ground. The elevation at the benchmark is 7 feet. The benchmark has "1105" on it and is rusting with age. There is also some text on the benchmark in a circle around the outer edge, but it is difficult to read.
According to an English translation of information at the Riga City Council's City Development Department website (
visit link) this benchmark is part of the Riga City local geodetic network (hereinafter - the local network), which consists of a physical area of fixed points - earth, hard cover, roof and wall plates whose centers are set precise coordinates. Bottom mark consists of the area encased pillars which are embedded metal stamps. Wall mark consisting of metal marks recognized in the building walls. With geodetic points in the country and the municipality is provided a single Latvian coordinate system - LKS-92nd.
The website also states that intensive urban development and construction growth over the past decade has significantly affected the state of the local network, in addition, part of the adjacent point is no longer usable, since they have lost mutual visibility due to vegetation or buildings.
The information recorded for this particular benchmark during a 2012/2013 survey (
visit link) follows:
RGT: 175
ID_MS: 175
Nosaukums: Rp.1105
Punkta Veids: sr
Tips pec kataloga: --
Tips pec albuma: sr_004
Stavoklis: normals
GNSS lietojamiba: neiespejams
Vaks: nav
Stabinš: nav
Centra augstums: 45
Apsekoja: R.Mikelsons
Datums: 04.12.2012.