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boundary marker

vr.tr.boundary-marker · PHY.BLT

Let an agent handle boundary markers by type, location, legal significance, survey records and heritage, without legal advice on boundary disputes.

Thing Registry Physical world and living systems

Research draft, second pass

A second pass drafted this model: the structure a model of this thing needs, and what is known about it in the world. The line under this one says how the second half was obtained - researched against sources, or recalled without web access, in which case nothing here was read anywhere and every claim is a lead to verify. Unreviewed either way.

written by Claude from model knowledge without web access - no source was read, every claim is a lead to verify

Researched by: Claude

Purpose and description

Let an agent handle boundary markers by type, location, legal significance, survey records and heritage, without legal advice on boundary disputes.

A physical marker, such as a stone, post, pillar, cast-iron plate, tree or triangulation station, placed to indicate a boundary or survey point between properties, parishes, municipalities or countries.

What it is for: Marking and preserving boundaries and survey control.

It can be identify boundary marker types; find survey and cadastral records; understand legal protection of markers; learn about historic boundary stones.

Distinguishing features

Marks a boundary point

Often legally protected

Linked to survey records

Many are historic

What it looks like

Stones, pillars, posts, metal pins or plates, sometimes inscribed or numbered.

How it is recognised

Inscribed stones and survey pins

Triangulation pillars

Road signs mark jurisdictions differently

Related models

is a kind of - category

geographical marker and small monument

marks - object

boundary

is recorded in - records

cadastre and survey

is related to - property

land

In practice

Families and kinds

property boundary pins

parish and municipal boundary stones

international border markers

triangulation stations

boundary trees

Standards and regulation

Survey and cadastral law

Heritage protection for historic stones

Border treaties

Failure modes and hazards

Moving or damaging markers

Agents giving legal advice on disputes

Also called

boundary treetriangulation stationPrague PolesCast-iron boundary marksDiocletian boundary stonespipe boundary markersingle-stone boundary markerbolt boundary markerquadrangular boundary markerfive-stone boundary markerfive-post boundary markersingle-pole boundary markerthree-stone boundary markerfour-stone boundary markerpouwhenuaboundary stone of the Mexico-United States borderStone Cairnboundary stones Arnhemmarker stoneBoundary stones in the NetherlandsMussertpaalcoal-tax posthorosdragons of the City of Londonborderstones Belgium-Prussia (protected)borderstones Belgium-PrussiaLondon Stoneborder poleblock traverse pointfourth-order triangulation point

Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Source repository Registry entry point

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Marker Which marker.

Details identify.

Type

Kind.

Type

Marker type.

  1. What type of boundary marker is it? definition
  2. What do its inscriptions say? provenance

Location

Survey records.

Location

Location.

  1. Where is it recorded in survey or cadastral records? provenance
  2. What are its coordinates? measurement
Law Legal significance.

Markers matter legally.

Protection

Offences.

Protection

Legal protection.

  1. Is it an offence to move or damage the marker here? provenance
  2. Who maintains it? provenance

Disputes

Boundary disputes.

Disputes

Disputes.

  1. Is the user involved in a boundary dispute? boundary
  2. How can a surveyor or lawyer be found? action
Heritage Historic stones.

Some are protected heritage.

History

Origins.

History

History.

  1. What is the history of this boundary stone? provenance
  2. Is it listed? provenance

Customs

Beating the bounds.

Customs

Customs.

  1. Are there local customs such as beating the bounds? provenance
  2. When do they take place? provenance
Survey Geodesy.

Survey marks support mapping.

Control

Survey control.

Control

Survey control.

  1. Is this a geodetic control point, and which agency maintains it? provenance
  2. How can its data be accessed? action

Report

Damage.

Report

Reporting damage.

  1. How can a damaged survey marker be reported? action
  2. To which agency? provenance

What the second pass must settle

  • Should marker types be separate entries?
  • How should survey records be linked?
  • How should international markers be linked?
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