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Roughing it, Coast and Geodetic Survey style

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Description

Roughing it, Coast and Geodetic Survey style. A geodetic fieldparty camp in northern Arizona or New Mexico. Note observing stand for placingtheodolite. This site must have been higher than surrounding desert towarrant establishment of survey mark.

Credit

Courtesy of Family of Captain Ray Schoppe, USC&GS; (dec.)

Display Date

1920 summer

Location

Arizona

Collection

Historic Coast & Geodetic Survey

Keywords

Coast and Geodetic Survey