The Oregon Surveyor | Vol. 39, No. 2 12 THE SURVEYING MERIT BADGE e Surveying Merit Badge Pat Gaylord is shown teaching the surveying merit badge to a group of Boy Scouts on March 12. To earn this badge requires running a traverse, completing a level loop, mapping the traverse to scale, showing the north arrow, who it was drawn by and other typical items that would appear on a survey map. Candidates must also bring a copy of the deed for their place of residence and write a legal description using their eld traverse data in a metes and bounds format. Discussions also included current career opportunities in the surveying eld. is merit badge is one of the oldest in scouting, having been established in 1911.
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