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{{NGS}}

This template can be used to create an external link to a United States National Geodetic Survey (NGS} datasheet. It is intended for inline external links. For citations and other external links see {{Cite ngs}}.

Usage

A search engine can be found here. It requires the coordinates of the benchmark.

The syntax is:

{{NGS|<id>|<title>}}

where:

<id> is the value following ?PidBox= in the URL
<title> is an optional link title.

Example

{{NGS|GT1811}} → NGS
{{NGS|GT1811|Whitney}} → Whitney

Usage

Example

See also