Seiler Instrument is proud to have helped along with many other local surveying firms with the monument restoration and relocation of the 45th Parallel of Latitude and the 90th Meridian of Longitude. In short, the 45°N 90°W Geographic Marker is the center of the Northwest Hemisphere. There are only four of these points on the Earth and two are under water. One of the points on land is in located in Marathon County, Wisconsin and the other is in the mountains of China.
The Marathon County Surveying staff had been working with the Marathon County Parks and Highway Departments to update the monument and was granted an easement from the current landowners to build a path along the edge of his field to set a monument at the exact position of the intersection of 45⁰N Latitude – 90⁰W Longitude. View the planning and zoning on the Marathon County website.
Last week, the park celebrated its opening with a ribbon cutting ceremony. Seiler appreciates all the Surveyors who got involved on this project and would like to thank our own Terry Lueschow, PLS for his personal help in this project as well. You can learn more and view the video from the opening ceremony from the WJFW / NewsWatch12 article here: Marathon County celebrates unique landmark with marker and ribbon cutting ceremony.
The many Surveying Organizations who donated and details on this project are listed in the related article on WSLS.org.
