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Re: map scale question...ps
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Angie Cope <[log in to unmask]>
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Maps, Air Photo & GIS Forum
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Thu, 17 Dec 2009 10:20:54 -0600
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-------- Original Message --------
Subject:        RE: map scale question...ps
Date:   Thu, 17 Dec 2009 10:57:42 -0500
From:   Grabach, Kenneth A. Mr. <[log in to unmask]>
To:     Maps, Air Photo & GIS Forum <[log in to unmask]>
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Pole, rod, and perch are different terms for the same unit.  I didn't mention perches before because I've not seen maps with that term.  I have seen poles and rods used.  And pole even appears in names of features, such as Four Pole Creek (in NW West Virginia, near Huntington).

Ken Grabach                           <[log in to unmask]>
Maps Librarian                          Phone: 513-529-1726
Miami University Libraries
Oxford, Ohio  45056  USA


-----Original Message-----
From: Maps, Air Photo & GIS Forum [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Angie Cope
Sent: Thursday, December 17, 2009 10:51 AM
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Subject: Re: map scale question...ps

-------- Original Message --------
Subject:        Re: map scale question...ps
Date:   Thu, 17 Dec 2009 10:14:10 -0500
From:   Paige Andrew <[log in to unmask]>
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Could it be "perches"???

Paige

At 09:54 AM 12/17/2009, Angie Cope wrote:
>-------- Original Message --------
>Subject:        Re: map scale question...ps
>Date:   Thu, 17 Dec 2009 09:50:33 -0500
>From:   Edward James Redmond <[log in to unmask]>
>To:     Air Photo & GIS Forum Maps <[log in to unmask]>
>References:     <[log in to unmask]>
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>I have seen instances of "ps" refering to "poles" (16 feet) on 18th
>century land surveys - not 20th.
>
>Ed
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>>>>Angie Cope <[log in to unmask]> Thursday, December 17, 2009 9:39 AM >>>
>-------- Original Message --------
>Subject:        map scale question...ps
>Date:   Thu, 17 Dec 2009 07:39:24 -0500
>From:   Joel Kovarsky <[log in to unmask]>
>To:     Maps, Air Photo & Geospatial Systems Forum <[log in to unmask]>
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>I recently saw an early 20th century land survey blueprint with a scale
>listed as 1 inch = 200 ps. I am unclear about the "ps," since it could
>be "photo scale," yet no conversion details were given. I was wondering
>about "paces," but could not find another example. Various attempts at
>disambiguation online have not yet yielded any other results. Thanks for
>any information you can provide.
>
>               Joel Kovarsky

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