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Following on from the Challenge series initiated by @DAFlys,  and continued lately by @Depp with his Stork challenge ( of which he declared me the winner) it's my turn.
Any recent photo (using a DJI product)  of a Trig Point pillar is elligible.  Posting the lattitude and Longitude co-ordinates along with the photo is desirable.
From what I've read, Trig Points (Geodetic Points) exist in their various forms all over the World - so anyone can have a go.  @Montfrooij  RD meetpunten.
This one, to start things off, is near the summit of Kinder Scout in the High Peak region of Derbyshire.  Taken with the DJI Pocket2.
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53°22'49.2"N 1°52'57.0"W

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I can't find any on Google in NL.
But I have not spent hours so far
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Nice shot btw
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Apparently there are a lot. But not very interesting to photograph, as they are just on a building.
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Here is a website with all of them in NL.
I live in Heerde, there are 2 RD meetpunten here. Both are high on a building.
https://www.nsgi.nl/geodetische- ... ntiestelsels/rdinfo
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Never heard of them, had to look it up. We have much smaller markers marking boundaries but that doesn't seem to be the same.
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Darn, you manage to really make these real challenges

Not sure what here in Finland could count as one. I assume these are not just any points of interest or sights?
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HGDC84 Posted at 6-1 06:44
Darn, you manage to really make these real challenges

Not sure what here in Finland could count as one. I assume these are not just any points of interest or sights?

Does this help?  

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wi ... g_points_in_Finland
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Depp Posted at 6-1 04:26
Never heard of them, had to look it up. We have much smaller markers marking boundaries but that doesn't seem to be the same.

Does this help?  
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wi ... g_points_in_Germany
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Montfrooij Posted at 6-1 01:29
Here is a website with all of them in NL.
I live in Heerde, there are 2 RD meetpunten here. Both are high on a building.
https://www.nsgi.nl/geodetische-infrastructuur/referentiestelsels/rdinfo

Does thias help?  

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wi ... _in_the_Netherlands
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Thanks. After I'd reached there - it was all downhill
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Montfrooij Posted at 6-1 01:27
Apparently there are a lot. But not very interesting to photograph, as they are just on a building.

Get the drone out
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Blériot53 Posted at 6-1 08:31
Does this help?  

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Trig_points_in_Finland

Thanks for the offer for help, might have made it a bit clearer.

Though the closest one of those seems still to be a bit too far just to get the picture. But I will bear that in mind if I happen to travel over there otherwise.
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HGDC84 Posted at 6-1 08:58
Thanks for the offer for help, might have made it a bit clearer.

Though the closest one of those seems still to be a bit too far just to get the picture. But I will bear that in mind if I happen to travel over there otherwise.

There may be more of them in your country of course - but I'm not aware.
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Blériot53 Posted at 6-1 09:09
There may be more of them in your country of course - but I'm not aware.

I'll have to see if I can find some within an rational distance.
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Blériot53 Posted at 6-1 09:09
There may be more of them in your country of course - but I'm not aware.

I may be out of luck, once again. According to the Finnish version of Wikipedia, at best there were over four thousand trig point towers in Finland, but most have either been destroyed by decay or deconstructed.
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Blériot53 Posted at 6-1 08:34
Does this help?  
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Trig_points_in_Germany

Yes, thanks. Some are much smaller than yours...
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HGDC84 Posted at 6-1 09:12
I'll have to see if I can find some within an rational distance.

That would be the logical thing
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HGDC84 Posted at 6-1 09:17
I may be out of luck, once again. According to the Finnish version of Wikipedia, at best there were over four thousand trig point towers in Finland, but most have either been destroyed by decay or deconstructed.

Oh, darn.  Sorry it's proving so difficult. There are loads of them in the UK.
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Depp Posted at 6-1 09:43
Yes, thanks. Some are much smaller than yours...

They're all valid
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Blériot53 Posted at 6-1 08:35
Does thias help?  

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Trig_points_in_the_Netherlands

Yes. but I can't capture them They are too small and high.
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Blériot53 Posted at 6-1 08:36
Thanks. After I'd reached there - it was all downhill

That can be even harder.
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Too small to photograph with a drone.
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Montfrooij Posted at 6-1 10:24
Yes. but I can't capture them They are too small and high.

Might be harder for you than I anticipated.  There are a great many of them in GB. Most accessible on foot.
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Montfrooij Posted at 6-1 10:24
That can be even harder.

Well, the downward slope was quite steep in parts - but at least in that direction gravity is helping rather than hindering
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Montfrooij Posted at 6-1 10:25
Too small to photograph with a drone.

Darn
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Blériot53 Posted at 6-1 10:28
Might be harder for you than I anticipated.  There are a great many of them in GB. Most accessible on foot.

Here they seem to be positioned on high buildings and are just a tiny dot. (what I have seen)
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Blériot53 Posted at 6-1 10:29
Well, the downward slope was quite steep in parts - but at least in that direction gravity is helping rather than hindering

That is true
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Maybe next time.
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Montfrooij Posted at 6-1 12:16
Here they seem to be positioned on high buildings and are just a tiny dot. (what I have seen)

Maybe in your country they want them to be more discrete.
There are more than a dozen down David's way.
And here in the Peak District alone there are 88 - all looking like the one in my pic.
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Blériot53 Posted at 6-1 10:05
Oh, darn.  Sorry it's proving so difficult. There are loads of them in the UK.

Well, it's not your fault. You couldn't have known it. And I do believe there will be eventually a challenge which will prove to be a bit easier.
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What's the definition of pillar?    Does the small ones not count?
Edit:  The database defines some as pillars so I guess that would count?   https://trigpointing.uk/wiki/Pillar
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HGDC84 Posted at 6-2 12:54
Well, it's not your fault. You couldn't have known it. And I do believe there will be eventually a challenge which will prove to be a bit easier.

Keep watching
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DAFlys Posted at 6-3 00:24
What's the definition of pillar?    Does the small ones not count?
Edit:  The database defines some as pillars so I guess that would count?   https://trigpointing.uk/wiki/Pillar

Any identifiable Geodetic point will count - apparently not all have a pillar.
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Blériot53 Posted at 6-3 00:32
Any identifiable Geodetic point will count - apparently not all have a pillar.

So a bolt?
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Trig point TP5186 - Northwick located at 51.527553, 0.534607 in a field that is no longer accessible and has lots of CCTV signs up which makes me wonder is something dodgy had been happening down there.  
More info - https://trigpointing.uk/trig/5186

Flew in with the Mini 3 Pro is strong winds with its of OA alerts going off as I was so low and close to trees.  





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Thanks, I will
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Well something a bit more photogenic would be ideal
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DAFlys Posted at 6-3 05:14
Trig point TP5186 - Northwick located at 51.527553, 0.534607 in a field that is no longer accessible and has lots of CCTV signs up which makes me wonder is something dodgy had been happening down there.  
More info - https://trigpointing.uk/trig/5186

Looks like we have a winner   
Nice work in the conditions.
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Blériot53 Posted at 6-3 07:52
Well something a bit more photogenic would be ideal

The bolts are weird.  There appears to be many more than are officially logged in the same area.  
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