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USGS Topographers at Work
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Location: NV, USA
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Location: Littlefield, TX, USA
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Location: Alabama Hills, CA, USA
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Location: Death Valley, CA, USA
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Location: Death Valley, CA, USA
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Location: Death Valley, CA, USA
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This Depression-era oil painting was created by USGS field man Hal Shelton in 1940. The painting depicts mapping techniques used in the early days of cartography, including an alidade and stadia rod for determining distances and elevations and a plane-table for sketching contour lines. A USGS benchm...
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Cartographers in the Field
This Depression-era oil painting was created by USGS field man Hal Shelton in 1940. The painting depicts mapping techniques used in the early days of cartography, including an alidade and stadia rod for determining distances and elevations and a plane-table for sketching contour lines. A USGS benchm...
Location: Menlo Park, CA, USA
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USGS elevation monument for a level line run from Mojave, California to Keeler, California. The line ran through such places as 18-Mile Station, Dixie, Indan Wells, Little Lake, and Olancha. Elevations were based on Benecia datum....
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USGS Elevation Monument
USGS elevation monument for a level line run from Mojave, California to Keeler, California. The line ran through such places as 18-Mile Station, Dixie, Indan Wells, Little Lake, and Olancha. Elevations were based on Benecia datum....
Location: CA, USA
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A USGS rod man poses with his leveling rod in Salinas Valley, California....
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USGS Rod Man
A USGS rod man poses with his leveling rod in Salinas Valley, California....
Location: CA, USA
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Captain Straughan (right) and rod man Bud Sullivan (left) departing for a day in the field. Straughan has a tripod on his shoulder and a plane table packed in the satchel under his leg. The flagpole in the background is flying a United States flag and a USGS flag - a common practice in mapping field...
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USGS Topographers at Work
Captain Straughan (right) and rod man Bud Sullivan (left) departing for a day in the field. Straughan has a tripod on his shoulder and a plane table packed in the satchel under his leg. The flagpole in the background is flying a United States flag and a USGS flag - a common practice in mapping field...
Location: USA
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USGS topographers pose with their leveling instrument and leveling rod....
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USGS topographers pose with their leveling instrument and leveling rod....
Location: USA
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