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Group Forum: German Land Surveyors: German Land Surveyors group forum is for professional surveyors who work in Germany a subgroup of Surveyors Europe.; Added by ⚡Survenator⌁ at 6:31pm on March 23, 2012

Photo: Old Benchmark: oughly translated: "Royal Prussian Topographic Survey / meters above sea level" Unfortunately the inscription of the actual elevation in the middle of the disc is missing. I don't know if it's lost or never was affixed at all. But I found a photo of an intact benchmark of the same type at Wikipedia: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:KoeniglPreussLandesAufnahme.JPG The Preußische Landesaufnahme (Prussian Topographic Survey) was founded as an agency of the German Army in 1875 to produce maps for the Army, but soon it mainly performed civil topographic and geodetic surveys not only in Prussia, but in whole Germany (with exception of Bavaria). Later it was renamed to Königlich Preußische Landesaufnahme (Royal Prussian Topographic Survey), which is the inscription on the benchmark. When World War I broke out in 1914, it was dissolved, but in 1917 it was created again. In 1919, after the war, it became a civil agency named "Landesaufnahme, Zweigstelle Berlin" (Topographic Survey, Berlin branch), and in 1921 it was renamed again to "Reichsamt für Landesaufnahme" (Imperial Office for Topographic Survey).…; Added by Tim K. at 6:14pm on April 27, 2012

Photo: german surveyor at normandy: german surveyor at normandy; Added by ⚡Survenator⌁ at 8:16pm on November 2, 2016

Photo: German Power Machines: Harbor Saba, quiywall construction; Added by OK Survey at 10:24am on March 31, 2011

Photo: INTERGEO - Geodesy, Geoinformation and Land Management 2014 in Germany!: Already with us ! New GNSS receiver South S660. Novelty was represented at the exhibition INTERGEO - Geodesy, Geoinformation and Land Management 2014 in Germany!; Added by Валентин Панчук at 4:10pm on February 6, 2015