47° 33' 15.5" N, 5° 27' 21.6" E - Rheinfelden, AG,Switzerland
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member fi67
N 47° 33.203 E 007° 47.508
32T E 409099 N 5267369
A little obelisk in front of an old school building showing the local coordinates.
Waymark Code: WM8X8Y
Location: Aargau, Switzerland
Date Posted: 05/25/2010
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member saopaulo1
Views: 6

It's a little obelisk that has the coordinates engraved on the Western face. It's according to the Paris meridian (not Greenwich), so it must be at least about a hundred years old. The other faces have a thermometer, a barometer and a hygrometer.
Type of structure: Structure

Difference between the post coordinates and your GPSr reading:
145 m to the North-East after recalculating it to Greenwich meridian


Reason for the coordinates: unknown

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