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Michigan aerial-mapping markers appear across Beaver Island, 2010

Also Beaver Island high-resolution aerial mapping 2010

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TypeEvent
Date2010-04
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Date
2010-04
Kind
Observation
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
technologyland-useinfrastructure
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The May 2010 Beacon explained that white L-shaped markers noticed around Beaver Island in April were placed to support high-resolution aerial mapping by Michigan’s Center for Shared Solutions and Technology Partnerships.

Evidence limits

The report identifies the purpose of the markers but does not provide the mapping dataset, coverage boundary, resolution, or later use.

Sources

See the sources block above.

Sources

  1. Beaver Beacon, May 2010, "Aerial Photography Underway."
    Explains that white L-shaped markers placed around Beaver Island in April supported high-resolution aerial mapping by Michigan's Center for Shared Solutions and Technology Partnerships. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2010-05_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held issue scan confirms the mapping report.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2010-05_Beaver-Beacon

Added 5 August 2026. Recent changes

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Beaver Island Archive, “Michigan aerial-mapping markers appear across Beaver Island, 2010”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-aerial-mapping-markers-2010/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, May 2010, "Aerial Photography Underway." (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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