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GPS coords on a 1907 plat map nearly sent me into a quarry
I was out near Oriskany Falls last Tuesday trying to line up an old mill site from a county plat atlas, and the modern GPS overlay put me 40 feet off the mark. The deed lines from 1907 follow a stone wall that's still standing, but the digital layer matched it to a fence post from the 1970s. Has anyone else had to ignore their phone entirely and trust the paper grid when the old features don't line up with current roads?
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parker_patel8415d ago
Wait, you actually trust the GPS over a wall that's been sitting there since 1907? I've had the same thing happen more times than I can count, and honestly the paper map wins every single time. Those old surveyors knew what they were doing, they marked stuff on the ground that's still there, unlike these modern satellite overlays that get shifted by tree cover or road work. Phones are great for finding a Starbucks, but out in the sticks they'll put you in a goddamn pond half the time. I always print the plat map and carry it with me now, then use the GPS just to get close and eyeball the rest. You gotta respect the old lines, they didn't have drones or satellites, they used chains and compasses and they were dead accurate.
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