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National Geodetic Survey Marker Positions And Info In Google Earth



The US National Geodetic Survey has produced DS World, a free program that can query their database for the positions of geodetic survey marker stations based on either state/county, distance from a fixed coordinate, or Project ID. It then produces a KML file with their locations and loads it into Google Earth. For example, to get county data, choose Stations => By State and County, then select the state and county from the successive dropdown menus that appear:

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Choose the type of marker you want from the Type drop-down, then click on the NGS emblem at the bottom. The online database is queried, and a KML file with the requested data is downloaded and opened in Google Earth:

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Click on a placemark, and get a pop-up with more info:

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Click on the info link, and a page with the full survey marker datasheet will open in your browser:

DATABASE =  ,PROGRAM = datasheet, VERSION = 7.64
1        National Geodetic Survey,   Retrieval Date = JANUARY 11, 2009
 FQ0330 ***********************************************************************
 FQ0330  DESIGNATION -  PORTAL
 FQ0330  PID         -  FQ0330
 FQ0330  STATE/COUNTY-  AZ/COCONINO
 FQ0330  USGS QUAD   -  FLAGSTAFF WEST (1983)
 FQ0330
 FQ0330                         *CURRENT SURVEY CONTROL
 FQ0330  ___________________________________________________________________
 FQ0330* NAD 83(1992)-  35 08 23.50593(N)    111 41 00.10457(W)     ADJUSTED
 FQ0330* NAVD 88     -      2138.059  (meters)    7014.62   (feet)  ADJUSTED
 FQ0330  ___________________________________________________________________
 FQ0330  X           -  -1,929,867.036 (meters)                     COMP
 FQ0330  Y           -  -4,853,643.792 (meters)                     COMP
 FQ0330  Z           -   3,651,783.811 (meters)                     COMP
 FQ0330  LAPLACE CORR-          -0.76  (seconds)                    DEFLEC99
 FQ0330  ELLIP HEIGHT-        2114.922 (meters)          (08/23/93) ADJUSTED
 FQ0330  GEOID HEIGHT-         -23.21  (meters)                     GEOID03
 FQ0330  DYNAMIC HT  -        2135.008 (meters)    7004.61  (feet)  COMP
 FQ0330  MODELED GRAV-     979,129.7   (mgal)                       NAVD 88
 FQ0330
 FQ0330  HORZ ORDER  -  SECOND
 FQ0330  VERT ORDER  -  FIRST     CLASS II
 FQ0330  ELLP ORDER  -  FOURTH    CLASS II
 FQ0330
 FQ0330.The horizontal coordinates were established by classical geodetic methods
 FQ0330.and adjusted by the National Geodetic Survey in August 1993.
 FQ0330
 FQ0330.The orthometric height was determined by differential leveling
 FQ0330.and adjusted in June 1991.
 FQ0330.WARNING-Repeat measurements at this control monument indicate possible
 FQ0330.vertical movement.
 FQ0330
 FQ0330.The X, Y, and Z were computed from the position and the ellipsoidal ht.
 FQ0330
 FQ0330.The Laplace correction was computed from DEFLEC99 derived deflections.
 FQ0330
 FQ0330.The ellipsoidal height was determined by GPS observations
 FQ0330.and is referenced to NAD 83.
 FQ0330
 FQ0330.The geoid height was determined by GEOID03.
 FQ0330
 FQ0330.The dynamic height is computed by dividing the NAVD 88
 FQ0330.geopotential number by the normal gravity value computed on the
 FQ0330.Geodetic Reference System of 1980 (GRS 80) ellipsoid at 45
 FQ0330.degrees latitude (g = 980.6199 gals.).
 FQ0330
 FQ0330.The modeled gravity was interpolated from observed gravity values.
 FQ0330
 FQ0330;                    North         East     Units Scale Factor Converg.
 FQ0330;SPC AZ C     -   459,114.212   234,619.512   MT  0.99990557   +0 08 03.4
 FQ0330;SPC AZ C     - 1,506,280.22    769,749.06   iFT  0.99990557   +0 08 03.4
 FQ0330;UTM  12      - 3,888,767.173   437,747.842   MT  0.99964776   -0 23 36.0
 FQ0330
 FQ0330!             -  Elev Factor  x  Scale Factor =   Combined Factor
 FQ0330!SPC AZ C     -   0.99966814  x   0.99990557  =   0.99957374
 FQ0330!UTM  12      -   0.99966814  x   0.99964776  =   0.99931602
 FQ0330
 FQ0330:                Primary Azimuth Mark                     Grid Az
 FQ0330:SPC AZ C     -  PORTAL AZ MK                             002 28 09.0
 FQ0330:UTM  12      -  PORTAL AZ MK                             002 59 48.4
 FQ0330
 FQ0330|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
 FQ0330| PID    Reference Object                     Distance      Geod. Az  |
 FQ0330|                                                           dddmmss.s |
 FQ0330| FQ0327 PORTAL AZ MK                        APPROX. 1.0 KM 0023612.4 |
 FQ0330| FQ0328 PORTAL RM 1                          24.453 METERS 00835     |
 FQ0330| FQ0329 PORTAL RM 2                          25.136 METERS 09141     |
 FQ0330|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
 FQ0330
 FQ0330                          SUPERSEDED SURVEY CONTROL
 FQ0330
 FQ0330  NAD 83(1986)-  35 08 23.50368(N)    111 41 00.10229(W) AD(       ) 2
 FQ0330  NAD 27      -  35 08 23.46010(N)    111 40 57.51200(W) AD(       ) 2
 FQ0330  NGVD 29 (??/??/92) 2137.045  (m)         7011.29   (f) ADJ UNCH    1 2
 FQ0330
 FQ0330.Superseded values are not recommended for survey control.
 FQ0330.NGS no longer adjusts projects to the NAD 27 or NGVD 29 datums.
 FQ0330.See file dsdata.txt to determine how the superseded data were derived.
 FQ0330
 FQ0330_U.S. NATIONAL GRID SPATIAL ADDRESS: 12SVD3774888767(NAD 83)
 FQ0330_MARKER: DS = TRIANGULATION STATION DISK
 FQ0330_SETTING: 7 = SET IN TOP OF CONCRETE MONUMENT
 FQ0330_SP_SET: SET IN TOP OF CONCRETE MONUMENT
 FQ0330_STAMPING: PORTAL 1959
 FQ0330_MARK LOGO: CGS
 FQ0330_PROJECTION: PROJECTING 10 CENTIMETERS
 FQ0330_STABILITY: C = MAY HOLD, BUT OF TYPE COMMONLY SUBJECT TO
 FQ0330+STABILITY: SURFACE MOTION
 FQ0330_SATELLITE: THE SITE LOCATION WAS REPORTED AS SUITABLE FOR
 FQ0330+SATELLITE: SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS - May 02, 1984
 FQ0330
 FQ0330  HISTORY     - Date     Condition        Report By
 FQ0330  HISTORY     - 1959     MONUMENTED       CGS
 FQ0330  HISTORY     - 1959     GOOD             CGS
 FQ0330  HISTORY     - 1960     GOOD             CGS
 FQ0330  HISTORY     - 1966     GOOD             CGS
 FQ0330  HISTORY     - 1973     GOOD             NGS
 FQ0330  HISTORY     - 1974     GOOD             NGS
 FQ0330  HISTORY     - 1981     GOOD             NGS
 FQ0330  HISTORY     - 1982     GOOD             NGS
 FQ0330  HISTORY     - 1983     GOOD             NGS
 FQ0330  HISTORY     - 19840502 GOOD
 FQ0330  HISTORY     - 19961002 MARK NOT FOUND   USPSQD
 FQ0330  HISTORY     - 20071112 MARK NOT FOUND   GEOCAC
 FQ0330
 FQ0330                          STATION DESCRIPTION
 FQ0330
 FQ0330'DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1959 (SLH)
 FQ0330'THE STATION IS ABOUT 4 MILES SOUTH OF FLAGSTAFF AND ABOUT 0.3
 FQ0330'MILE WEST OF THE FLAGSTAFF MUNICIPAL AIRPORT.
 FQ0330'
 FQ0330'TO REACH THE STATION FROM THE RAILROAD DEPOT IN FLAGSTAFF GO
 FQ0330'SOUTHWESTERLY ON U.S. HIGHWAYS 66 AND 89 FOR 0.7 MILE TO THE
 FQ0330'JUNCTION OF U.S. HIGHWAYS 66, 89 AND 89A IN THE SOUTHWEST PART
 FQ0330'OF FLAGSTAFF.  FOLLOW U.S. 89A SOUTH TOWARD SEDONA FOR 3.4
 FQ0330'MILES TO THE AZIMUTH MARK ON THE RIGHT.  CONTINUE SOUTH ON U.S.
 FQ0330'HIGHWAY 89A FOR 0.4 MILE TO A CROSSROAD AND A SIGN ON THE LEFT
 FQ0330'FLAGSTAFF MUNICIPAL AIRPORT.  TURN LEFT ACROSS THE CATTLEGUARD
 FQ0330'AND FOLLOW THE MACADAM ROAD EASTERLY FOR 0.2 MILE TO THE
 FQ0330'STATION AND REFERENCE MARKS ON THE LEFT.
 FQ0330'
 FQ0330'THE STATION MARK, STAMPED PORTAL 1959 IS SET IN THE TOP OF A 12
 FQ0330'INCH SQUARE CONCRETE POST THAT PROJECTS 5 INCHES.  IT IS A
 FQ0330'STANDARD STATION MARK DISK.  IT IS 177 FEET EAST OF THE CENTER
 FQ0330'OF THE MACADAM ROAD AND 84 FEET WEST OF A TWIN PINE TREE WITH
 FQ0330'A TRIANGLE BLAZE.
 FQ0330'
 FQ0330'REFERENCE MARK NO. 1, A STANDARD DISK STAMPED PORTAL NO 1 1959,
 FQ0330'IS SET IN THE TOP OF A 12 INCH SQUARE CONCRETE POST THAT PROJECTS
 FQ0330'3 INCHES.  IT IS 87 FEET NORTHWEST OF THE TWIN PINE TREE
 FQ0330'WITH THE TRIANGLE BLAZE.
 FQ0330'
 FQ0330'REFERENCE MARK NO. 2, A STANDARD DISK STAMPED PORTAL NO 2 1959,
 FQ0330'IS SET IN THE TOP OF A 12 INCH SQUARE CONCRETE POST THAT
 FQ0330'PROJECTS 6 INCHES.  IT IS 19 FEET SOUTH OF THE TWIN PINE TREE
 FQ0330'WITH THE TRIANGLE BLAZE.
 FQ0330'
 FQ0330'THE AZIMUTH MARK, STAMPED PORTAL 1959 IS A STANDARD DISK SET
 FQ0330'IN THE TOP OF A 12 INCH SQUARE CONCRETE POST THAT PROJECTS 5
 FQ0330'INCHES.  IT IS 69 FEET NORTH OF THE CENTER OF A GRAVELED ROAD,
 FQ0330'49 FEET WEST OF THE CENTER OF U.S. HIGHWAY 89A, 8.0 FEET NORTH
 FQ0330'OF THE WITNESS POST AND 6 INCHES EAST OF A NORTH-SOUTH FENCE
 FQ0330'LINE.
 FQ0330
 FQ0330                          STATION RECOVERY (1959)
 FQ0330
 FQ0330'RECOVERY NOTE BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1959
 FQ0330'4.5 MI SW FROM FLAGSTAFF.
 FQ0330'0.7 MILES WEST AND SOUTH ALONG U.S. HIGHWAY 66 AND 89 FROM THE
 FQ0330'RAILROAD STATION AT FLAGSTAFF, THENCE 3.8 MILES SOUTH ALONG U.S.
 FQ0330'HIGHWAY 89A TO THE ROAD LEADING TO THE FLAGSTAFF MUNICIPAL AIRPORT,
 FQ0330'THENCE GO EASTERLY 0.2 MILE ALONG THE MACADAM ROAD, 177 FEET EAST OF
 FQ0330'THE CENTER OF THE ROAD, 84 FEET WEST OF A TWIN PINE TREE WITH A
 FQ0330'TRIANGLE BLAZE, A 12 INCH SQUARE CONCRETE POST THAT PROJECTS 5 INCHES.
 FQ0330
 FQ0330                          STATION RECOVERY (1960)
 FQ0330
 FQ0330'RECOVERY NOTE BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1960 (WTJ)
 FQ0330'RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION AS PER DESCRIPTION OF BENCH MARK
 FQ0330'WRITTEN BY S.L.H., JR., 1959.
 FQ0330'
 FQ0330'HORIZONTAL CONTROL DATA FOR THIS STATION WAS OBTAINED FROM
 FQ0330'ARIZONA HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT, FLAGSTAFF, ARIZONA.
 FQ0330
 FQ0330                          STATION RECOVERY (1966)
 FQ0330
 FQ0330'RECOVERY NOTE BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1966 (RKB)
 FQ0330'THE STATION, R.M. 1, R.M. 2, WERE RECOVERED AS DESCRIBED IN THE
 FQ0330'1959 DESCRIPTION.
 FQ0330
 FQ0330                          STATION RECOVERY (1973)
 FQ0330
 FQ0330'RECOVERY NOTE BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1973 (EP)
 FQ0330'THE STATION, R.M.S 1 AND 2 AND THE AZIMUTH MARK WERE RECOVERED
 FQ0330'IN GOOD CONDITION AS DESCRIBED.
 FQ0330'
 FQ0330'AIRLINE DISTANCE AND DIRECTION FROM NEAREST TOWN--4 MILES
 FQ0330'SOUTH OF FLAGSTAFF
 FQ0330
 FQ0330                          STATION RECOVERY (1974)
 FQ0330
 FQ0330'RECOVERY NOTE BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1974 (CN)
 FQ0330'THE STATION MARK, REFERENCE MARKS 1 AND 2 AND THE AZIMUTH MARK
 FQ0330'WERE RECOVERED AND FOUND IN GOOD CONDITION.  DUE TO ROAD CHANGES
 FQ0330'A NEW ROUTE TO THE STATION FOLLOWS.
 FQ0330'
 FQ0330'TO REACH THE STATION FROM THE LOBBY ENTRANCE AT FLAGSTAFF
 FQ0330'AIRPORT, GO WEST TOWARD INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 17 FOR 0.5 MILE TO
 FQ0330'AN I-17 ON RAMP ON THE LEFT, CONTINUE AHEAD FOR 0.05 MILE TO
 FQ0330'THE STATION ON THE RIGHT.  290.1 FEET NORTHEAST OF A CHISELED
 FQ0330'CROSS ON TOP OF THE NORTHEAST HEADWALL OF BRIDGE OVER NORTH BOUND
 FQ0330'LANE OF I-17, 227-1/2 FEET NORTH OF A CHISELED CROSS ON WEST
 FQ0330'END OF TRAFFIC ISLAND AT I-17 ON RAMP AND 91 PACES EAST OF I-17
 FQ0330'CUTBANK.
 FQ0330'
 FQ0330'TO REACH THE AZIMUTH MARK FROM THE STATION, CONTINUE WEST
 FQ0330'CROSSING OVER I-17 AND GO NORTH ALONG THE WEST FRONTAGE ROAD FOR
 FQ0330'0.4 MILE TO THE MARK ON THE LEFT.  41 FEET NORTH OF THE NORTH
 FQ0330'HEADWALL OF CATTLE GUARD AT FOREST SERVICE ROAD 532.
 FQ0330'
 FQ0330'AIRLINE DISTANCE AND DIRECTION FROM NEAREST TOWN--4 MILES
 FQ0330'SOUTH OF FLAGSTAFF
 FQ0330
 FQ0330                          STATION RECOVERY (1981)
 FQ0330
 FQ0330'RECOVERY NOTE BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1981 (RMM)
 FQ0330'THE STATION MARK, RMS 1 AND 2, AND THE AZIMUTH MARK WERE RECOVERED
 FQ0330'AS DESCRIBED IN GOOD CONDITION.
 FQ0330'
 FQ0330'AIRLINE DISTANCE AND DIRECTION FROM NEAREST TOWN--4 MILES SOUTH
 FQ0330'OF FLAGSTAFF.
 FQ0330
 FQ0330                          STATION RECOVERY (1982)
 FQ0330
 FQ0330'RECOVERY NOTE BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1982
 FQ0330'RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION. NEW DESCRIPTION FOLLOWS.
 FQ0330'4.2 KM (2.6 MI) SOUTH ALONG US HIGHWAY 89 ALTERNATE FROM THE JUNCTION
 FQ0330'OF INTERSTATE HIGHWAYS 17 AND 40, THENCE 0.2 KM (0.1 MI) EAST ALONG
 FQ0330'SHAMRELL BOULEVARD, AT THE NORTH EDGE OF A SMALL CLEARING, 89.0 METERS
 FQ0330'(292.0 FT) NORTHWEST OF A LONE 24 INCH PONDEROSA PINE TREE GROWING
 FQ0330'FROM THE CENTER OF A SMALL TRIANGLE AT THE T JUNCTION OF A FREEWAY
 FQ0330'ENTRANCE RAMP, 57.3 METERS (188.0 FT) NORTH OF THE BOULEVARD
 FQ0330'CENTERLINE, 97.0 METERS (318.0 FT) NORTHEAST OF THE EAST END OF THE
 FQ0330'NORTH GUARD RAIL FOR THE BRIDGE OVER INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 17, 24.5
 FQ0330'METERS (80.5 FT) SOUTH OF REFERENCE MARK NUMBER 1, 25.3 METERS (83.0
 FQ0330'FT) WEST OF REFERENCE MARK NUMBER 2, 18.3 METERS (60.0 FT) NORTH OF A
 FQ0330'GRAVEL ROAD.
 FQ0330'THE MARK IS 0.3 METERS  N FROM A WITNESS POST.
 FQ0330'THE MARK IS ABOVE LEVEL WITH THE BOULEVARD.
 FQ0330
 FQ0330                          STATION RECOVERY (1983)
 FQ0330
 FQ0330'RECOVERY NOTE BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1983 (GFS)
 FQ0330'RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION.
 FQ0330
 FQ0330                          STATION RECOVERY (1984)
 FQ0330
 FQ0330'RECOVERED 1984
 FQ0330'RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION.
 FQ0330
 FQ0330                          STATION RECOVERY (1996)
 FQ0330
 FQ0330'RECOVERY NOTE BY US POWER SQUADRON 1996
 FQ0330'MARK NOT FOUND.
 FQ0330
 FQ0330                          STATION RECOVERY (2007)
 FQ0330
 FQ0330'RECOVERY NOTE BY GEOCACHING 2007 (JM)
 FQ0330'DID NOT FIND THE MARK. AT THE ADJUSTED COORDINATES FOUND HEAVILY
 FQ0330'GRADED SOIL FOR THE I-17 AND JOHN WESLEY POWELL ROAD INTERCHANGE. THE
 FQ0330'BLAZED TWIN PINE TREE WAS ALSO NOT FOUND.

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