BIGD CORS ARP - Grand Coulee, WA
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member T0SHEA
N 47° 55.998 W 118° 59.331
11T E 351452 N 5310800
Known as a Height Modernization Survey Station, every day more and more people would recognize this as what it is, a GPS antenna.
Waymark Code: WMZZKT
Location: Washington, United States
Date Posted: 01/28/2019
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Ernmark
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Mounted on the northwest corner of a single storey wood frame building, the antenna is easy to spot from Grand Coulee Avenue.
STATION DESCRIPTION
HT_MOD      -  This is a Height Modernization
               Survey Station.
DESIGNATION -  BIGD CORS ARP
PID         -  DL3294
STATE/COUNTY-  WA/GRANT
COUNTRY     -  US
USGS QUAD   -  GRAND COULEE DAM (1989)
 
MARKER: Z = SEE DESCRIPTION
SETTING: 0 = UNSPECIFIED SETTING
SP_SET: ANTENNA REFERENCE POINT
STATION DESCRIPTION
DESCRIBED BY W + H PACIFIC, INCORPORATED 2008 (WHP)
THIS IS A GPS CONTINUOUSLY OPERATING REFERENCE STATION LOCATED IN GRAND COULEE, WASHINGTON.
NOTE THIS STATION WAS INSTALLED BY SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITIES. THE CUSTODIAN IS BIGDAMNET INCORPORATED GRANDE COULEE.
From the NGS Datasheet
Condition: Mark found in good condition

Designation: BIGD CORS ARP

Benchmark Agency: National Geodetic Survey

Monumentation type: CORS Station

County: GRANT

USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): GRAND COULEE DAM

Find type: Coordinates and/or to-reach information from the NGS database (or Geocaching's copy of it) were used

Web address of this benchmark's datasheet (optional): [Web Link]

NGS PID: DL3294

Benchmark Agency (if other): Not listed

Monumentation type (if other): Not listed

Special category (optional): Not listed

Special Category (if other): Not listed

Local database's URL (optional): Not listed
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  2. A 'distant' photo including the mark in the view is highly recommended. Include the compass direction you faced when you took the picture.
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