Benchmark hunt
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Definition of benchmark - A mark on a permanent object (such as a concrete post set into the ground) indicating elevation and serving as a reference in topographic surveys and tidal observations.
Architecture in popular tourist resorts could seem dull, while at second look light, pattern or detail can be fascinating.
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Park benches at mountain park Kassel Wilhelmshöhe
Parkbänke im Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe
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Highest position: 341 on Tuesday, December 13, 2016
Sometimes it is nice to compare weather and nature today with the situation in previous years in mid March. Two years ago nature was a little bit back due to a cold February. Löhne, Ostwestfalen, Germany
60011 rolls through the avoider on Platform 3 at Cardiff Central with 6B13, Robeston to Westerleigh tanks on a grim Friday in August, 16.8.19.
Golden Gardens. Seattle, Washignton. www.cityofseattle.net/Parks/park_detail.asp?id=243
Explored. Highest position: 165. thank you!
Hiding behind a lamp post at the top of Market Street lurks this benchmark. One of those signs of "if you can't measure it, you can't manage it" from the 1840 benchmark survey of England.
Maybe because it is shielded from wear, the broad arrow on this one is especially clear.
I have an irrational fascination - benchmarks!
Here is some general info:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benchmark_(surveying)
if you are in UK, you might have some near you. You can search for them, here:
www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/geodesy-positioning/legacy-data/...(BMs,local%20mean%20sea%20level%20datums.
There's an intereactive map:
interactivemaps.uk/os-benchmark-archive/#7.82/53.521/-1.889
This one is on the wall at Moor Gate. I hadn't noticed it before today. Good thing it wasn't a snake instead!
a Benchmark neatly carved into a stone gatepost... Thousands of these marks were made by the Ordnance Surveyers as datum points for mapping the British Isles. Now replaced by satellite and digital observations, they are disappearing from Britain's streets and fields, so finding a new one always makes me smile
Why be a copy when you were born an original ?
Garry Point Park
Steveston, Richmond
BC
Canada
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~Christie (happiest) by the River
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Literally that - a shot of a section of a boat builder's workbench (complete with paint splashes and saw grooves) taken from above in Underfall Yard, Bristol
I've uploaded this image so I can compare the image compression between Flickr and Instagram. It seems that no matter how much I try I cannot reduce the sharpening and contrast on Instagram without sacrificing image quality. I do understand of course that most people are using mobiles these days but it is a little irritating when you have to divide your time according to the shared platform.
I think I must be getting really old and cranky these days!
But thank you for passing by anyway :)
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I have tried a hundred times to take a good photo of this bench up the street from our yard. I love it, but have dozens of lousy shots of it.
I'm emptying the card on my point and shoot so that Will can take it this afternoon, and find this photo he took of it. It's the only bench photo on the card, and it's right off the camera.
sheesh.
Is it SO WRONG to be jealous of your own 13 year-old son? Ok, it is. I'm sorry. I'll repent. But for now, I'm jealous.