GSD 68A174 - Bowell (Alberta)
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member dubious20
N 50° 07.764 W 110° 53.531
12U E 507706 N 5553023
Benchmark 68A174 between Redcliff and Suffield, Alberta
NW 11.4 km from your present location
Waymark Code: WMDQ1
Location: Alberta, Canada
Date Posted: 05/28/2006
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member South Surrey Scavengers
Views: 38

SITE IDENTIFICATION

Unique Number : 68A174
Name : 68A174
Established By : Geodetic Survey Division
Province : AB
Prov. Identifier : None
NTS Map No : 072L02

STATION COORDINATES

Horizontal Datum : NAD83CSRS
Method : Global Positioning System
Latitude : N50° 07' 45.8181" +/- 0.007 m Std Dev. (68% confidence level)
Longitude : W110° 53' 31.8686" +/- 0.004 m Std Dev. (68% confidence level)

Ellipsoidal Height : 757.31 m +/- 0.019 m Std Dev. (68% confidence level)
Geoid Separation (HTv2.0) : -17.521 m
Agency : Geodetic Survey Division
Adjustment Net : M04711
Epoch : 1997
UTM : Zone = 12 N = 5553023.04 m E = 507705.98 m
XYZ Coords.: = X = -1461145.48 m Y = -3827928.21 m Z = 4872609.15 m

VERTICAL DATA

Vertical Datum : CGVD28
Elevation : 774.850 m
Order : First Order
Method : Differential
Adjustment Line : N18A98
Published Year : 1998

STATION MARKER INFORMATION AND LOCATION

Marker Type : Permanent Agency Marker
Inspected in : 1998
Status : Good
Inspection Comments : No inspection text on file

Accessible by passenger car or light truck and a walk of less than 50 m

REDCLIFF

IRON PIPE WITH BRASS CAP ON SOUTHWEST SIDE OF TRANS CANADA HIGHWAY, 9.9 KM NORTHWEST OF JUNCTION WITH ACCESS ROAD TO TOWN (MITCHELL STREET NORTHEAST), 71.5 M NORTHWEST OF CENTRE OF APPROACH TO ROAD ALONG EAST BOUNDARY OF SECTION 33-13-07 W4M (RANGE ROAD NO.73), 56.3 M NORTHWEST OF FENCE CORNER, 46.0 M SOUTHWEST OF CENTRE LINE 0F EASTBOUND LANE, ON FENCE LINE, ABOUT 2 M BELOW HIGHWAY LEVEL.
Unique Designation: 68A174

Marker Type: Survey Disk

Condition: Good

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