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a. preparation of form 



Form 567 shall be prepared in accordance with the following instructions: 



(1) Objects of special importance or prominence shall be indicated by an asterisk (*) preceding 

 the name of the object. In the selection of these, the total area involved should be considered by 

 localities. Where an object is the most prominent in a locality it should be so marked, even though 

 it may be less prominent than many others in an entirely different one. This is desirable in order that 

 a proper distribution of landmarks may be available rather than a concentration of them in one locality. 



(2) In the first column headed "Description" the description shall be divided into three parts, 

 as follows : 



(a) The name recommended for charting shall be in capital letters. It should be short and a 

 general term and usually should not be accompanied by any descriptive terms. 



(b) Descriptive terms shall follow in lower-case letters. If it is essential that any descriptive 

 term be charted in addition to the name, then the descriptive term shall also be in capital letters. 



(c) Any other identifying data shall be in parentheses. If the landmark has been located 

 by triangulation, or used as a hydrographic signal, the name of the triangulation station or the 

 hydrographic signal shall be given in parentheses. This will identify the landmark in the other 

 records. In general such identifying data shall never be used in charting. 



(3) In the columns headed "Position" the position, where accurately known, shall be given in 

 degrees, minutes, and the dms. and dps. in meters, and where so given the data will be assumed to be 

 sufficiently accurate for all charting purposes. If the position is not known accurately enough for 

 charting purposes, the data shall be given in degrees, minutes, and tenths of minutes; and where so 

 given they will not be used for charting until more accurate data have been obtained. The method of 

 location and the datum used shall always be entered. 



(4) After Form 567 has been prepared and typed, the positions as given on the typed copy shall 

 be verified by plotting them back onto the original survey sheets or, in the case of triangulation sta- 

 tions not on any sheet, by comparing them with the original checked computations; and a signed state- 

 ment that this has been done shall be made on the copy submitted. Checkmarks shall be shown on 

 the form after the dms. and dps. 



B. PREPARATION OF CHART-SECTIONS 



Wliere a number of landmarks are reported, a recently printed copy of the chart of 

 the area, cut into letter-size sections, shall be prepared and submitted, in addition fco 

 Form 567. The area which has been inspected shall be outlined on these chart- 

 sections, and a recommendation shall be made for each charted or plotted landmark 

 within the area outlined. The following procedure shall be used: 



(1) New landmarks shall be plotted and identified by the landmark symbol (O) accompanied by 

 the name recommended for the chart. The geographic datum of the chart must be known and 

 considered in the plotting (see 8533). 



(2) Charted landmarks, the continuance of which is recommended, shall be checkmarked (V), 

 and where the position has been actually verified during field work, the checkmark shall be accom- 

 panied by the word "verified." Where a landmark has been verified only by visual inspection, the 

 word "verified" shall be omitted. 



. (3) Charted landmarks, the deletion of which is recommended, shall be indicated by an X in a 

 circle, accompanied by the word "delete" (0 delete), and the reason for the recommendation shall 

 be given. ' 



If chart-sections are submitted, landmarks to be deleted need not be listed on 

 Form 567. 



Where new uncharted landmarks are shown on the chart submitted, a notation 

 shall be made thereon in a prominent place giving the latitude and longitude, with 

 seconds in meters, of some one charted landmark, as is required in paragraph 34, page 8 

 of the Topographic Manual. The datum used shall also be noted on the chart. 



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