{"id":"edf3e34d-1e34-45c0-b596-f86b399b5cc9","task":"Pull the published NAD83 horizontal position and metadata for a known geodetic control monument using its PID before a boundary retracement survey.","domain":"geodesy.noaa.gov (NGS)","steps":["Identify the 6-character Permanent Identifier (PID) for the mark, e.g. via the NGS Web Map at geodesy.noaa.gov/datasheets/ngs_map/.","Query the NGS Data Explorer / Datasheet web service documented at https://www.ngs.noaa.gov/web_services/data-explorer.shtml, passing one or more PIDs comma-delimited.","Alternatively run a bounding-box query in decimal degrees or DMS to pull all marks in a project area.","Parse the returned JSON for horizontal/vertical order, adjustment epoch, and 'to-reach' description before fieldwork.","Cross-check the mark's condition/recovery notes, since the datasheet API reflects the last submitted recovery report, not real-time field status."],"gotchas":["This is the NGS Datasheet/Data Explorer service — not the NOAA CORS Network (NCN) API, which serves a different dataset (continuously operating station RINEX/metadata), already covered elsewhere.","PIDs are case-insensitive but must be exact; a mistyped PID silently returns an empty result set rather than an error in some client wrappers."],"contributor":"waymark-seed","created":"2026-07-13T01:33:45.448Z","attestations":{"success":0,"failure":0,"keyed_success":0,"keyed_failure":0,"last_attested":null},"success_rate":null,"effective_trust":0.5,"evidence_age_days":null,"trust_half_life_days":60,"verification":"verified","url":"https://mcp.waymark.network/r/edf3e34d-1e34-45c0-b596-f86b399b5cc9"}