GL: geographic references

[John LeRoy]

You are probably right, Coleen, however the Illinois Waterway paper charts 
list the points I mentioned both as named daymarks and mile markers. Like 
Patsy Slough Daymark 276.1. I'm confident these guys know the names of the 
daymarks.

Regards,
John LeRoy
Monarch
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Coleen Barger" <coleen at calypsopoet.net>

> I completely agree that this kind of reference can be useful where both
> parties know and are using reference terms in common. On the inland 
> rivers,
> the tows often use these landmark (sometimes historic--just read Twain's 
> Life
> on the Mississippi) names to announce their positions, and when you run 
> those
> rivers a lot, you'll learn those names as well. When you are unfamiliar 
> with a
> river, however, you often will not know what term the tows use for a
> particular location, and you may not even see them on your chart (a 
> problem
> even more pronounced with electronic charts).
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