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What is this thing?

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[Solved] Anyone know what this is? They are embedded in the sidewalks around the city (programming.dev)
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[–] [email protected] 72 points 2 months ago (2 children)

A marker point for geodetic marking. Also known as triangulation station or trigonometrical point, it's fixed to the ground with its known coordinates.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Cool! Interesting, I thought True North meant that they somehow pointed north given another reference. Thanks for the info.