highfastflyer
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I personally have found many corner pin survey markers over the years but I can tell you if you are simply using your phone with OnX or a handheld Garmin you‘ll wander around sometimes for an hour or more all the while trespassing trying to find that corner marker. If you are going to attempt to try it then do it well before the season and have those corners marked both in your gps and with some marking flagging or you WILL BE TRESPASSING. Trying to cross a corner without a corner pin marker is sheer trespassing.
Both Garmin and OnX have important disclaimers you need to know about using their products for pinpoint accuracy. This from the Garmin website.
”Garmin® GPS receivers are accurate to within 15 meters (49 feet) 95% of the time. Generally, users will see accuracy within 5 to 10 meters (16 to 33 feet) under normal conditions.”
Commercial grade GPS have a slightly better accuracy rate.
Also remember even the Lawyer for the defendants was very careful to explain to the Judge what these hunters were relying upon. It was the fact they had preseason scouted and located that corner survey pin.
“The hunters did not rely on the GPS device, which they “understood to only be accurate to 30 feet.” Rather they “sought out the corner marker at every corner of public land before crossing the corner using their fence ladder,” the motion states.”
Both Garmin and OnX have important disclaimers you need to know about using their products for pinpoint accuracy. This from the Garmin website.
”Garmin® GPS receivers are accurate to within 15 meters (49 feet) 95% of the time. Generally, users will see accuracy within 5 to 10 meters (16 to 33 feet) under normal conditions.”
Commercial grade GPS have a slightly better accuracy rate.
Also remember even the Lawyer for the defendants was very careful to explain to the Judge what these hunters were relying upon. It was the fact they had preseason scouted and located that corner survey pin.
“The hunters did not rely on the GPS device, which they “understood to only be accurate to 30 feet.” Rather they “sought out the corner marker at every corner of public land before crossing the corner using their fence ladder,” the motion states.”
Corner-crossing defendants move for dismissal of trespass charges
An attorney for one of four hunters charged with criminal trespass in a corner-crossing case in Carbon County has asked a judge to dismiss the count against his client and
www.wyomingnews.com