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searay · 09-28-2024, 11:07 PM

Thanks for confirming this again. Markers need to be moved. Channel will be a little narrower but still plenty of room.

Descant · 09-29-2024, 12:44 AM

In the good old days, Public Utilities Commission, before Marine Patrol and before DES, some hazards would be blown up and "debris" removed. Hole in the Wall is an example. Dredging the Weirs Channel to build Weirs Beach and harvesting rocks from the Witches instead of taking boulders from the shorelines, are, IMHO, good things to have been done. DES these days has no interest. I look at Florida where the Feds allow all sorts of dredging to make canals and to raise the land a couple of feet so homes will have canal shorefront and ground levels above high tides.

tis · 09-29-2024, 05:18 AM

We have a buoy near our house which is not even close to where it used to be when we first were in this location in 1985. I'm not sure what it is marking where it is now. When the MP person was looking at it, I told him this but his reply was it's where it should be according to GPS. So I guess it doesn't matter where the rocks are, as long as it's where it should be according to GPS. What year did they start using GPS, anybody know?

fatlazyless · 09-29-2024, 05:47 AM

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Originally Posted by tis

We have a buoy near our house which is not even close to where it used to be when we first were in this location in 1985. ........ What year did they start using GPS, anybody know?

"Overview

The GPS project was started by the U.S. Department of Defense in 1973. The first prototype spacecraft was launched in 1978 and the full constellation of 24 satellites became operational in 1993."

www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Positioning_System

tis · 09-29-2024, 07:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fatlazyless

"Overview

The GPS project was started by the U.S. Department of Defense in 1973. The first prototype spacecraft was launched in 1978 and the full constellation of 24 satellites became operational in 1993."

www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Positioning_System

Sorry, I meant when did they start using it on this lake?

KPW · 10-04-2024, 09:46 PM

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Originally Posted by tis

Sorry, I meant when did they start using it on this lake?

Possibly 1993.

tis · 10-05-2024, 05:29 AM

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Originally Posted by KPW

Possibly 1993.

That makes sense.

09-28-2024, 11:07 PM	#1
searay Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2013 Posts: 11 Thanks: 1 Thanked 8 Times in 5 Posts	Six Pack Thanks for confirming this again. Markers need to be moved. Channel will be a little narrower but still plenty of room.

09-29-2024, 12:44 AM	#2
Descant Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Merrimack and Welch Island Posts: 4,468 Thanks: 1,381 Thanked 1,665 Times in 1,084 Posts	Dynamite In the good old days, Public Utilities Commission, before Marine Patrol and before DES, some hazards would be blown up and "debris" removed. Hole in the Wall is an example. Dredging the Weirs Channel to build Weirs Beach and harvesting rocks from the Witches instead of taking boulders from the shorelines, are, IMHO, good things to have been done. DES these days has no interest. I look at Florida where the Feds allow all sorts of dredging to make canals and to raise the land a couple of feet so homes will have canal shorefront and ground levels above high tides.

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09-29-2024, 05:18 AM	#3
tis Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 6,824 Thanks: 759 Thanked 1,474 Times in 1,029 Posts	We have a buoy near our house which is not even close to where it used to be when we first were in this location in 1985. I'm not sure what it is marking where it is now. When the MP person was looking at it, I told him this but his reply was it's where it should be according to GPS. So I guess it doesn't matter where the rocks are, as long as it's where it should be according to GPS. What year did they start using GPS, anybody know?