U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE SERVICES ADMINISTRATION ‘COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY Coast and Geodetic Survey Technical Memorandum USC&GSTM-4 Specifications for Horizontal Control Marks LS. BAKER Rockville,Md. . April 1968 CL Reprinted September 1976 \ - neeThis menorandun provides the complete specification for establishing and stamping horizontal control marks established by this Agency.PREFACE The purpose of horizontal contro] marks are to accurately and perma- nently mark and reference point of precisely known latitude and longi- tude. The identification mark or names that are stamped in each disk must follow set rules to allow for properly identifying these stations at a later date. At each horizontal control station a group or set of marks are estub- lished. These marks include the station mark for which the precise geo- graphic position is known, reference marks for recovering or relocating the station and an azimuth mark for use by local surveyors in obtaining a starting azimuth. iii