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Subject:        Re: [MAPS-L] map scale question...ps
Date:   Thu, 17 Dec 2009 10:14:10 -0600
From:   Robert T Wyatt <[log in to unmask]>
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CC:     Angie Cope <[log in to unmask]>
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... but a rod, a perch, and a pole are equal to one another so whether
it is poles or perches wouldn't matter.

Robert

Angie Cope wrote:
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: map scale question...ps
> Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2009 10:14:10 -0500
> From: Paige Andrew <[log in to unmask]>
> To: Maps, Air Photo & GIS Forum <[log in to unmask]>,
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> Could it be "perches"???
>
> Paige
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> 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]>
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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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