Belgium Benchmarks - A Waymarking.com Category

Belgium has also his Benchmark system, these are the Geodetic Points with its own coordinate system to go with it.

In Belgium, several Benchmarks are applied to:
Public buildings, along roads and some on private land / property. These can be top of Churches, measuring stones (with or without a copper point), cast iron marker on house walls etc.  10,000 Benchmarks are marked and have their exact coordinates registered to a high accuracy.

The Lambert 2008 Projection is the projection or coordinate system which is used for the Maps in Belgium.
Using the coordinates between 520000 and 800000.

The projection reference point and the local geoid for GRS 80 and Lambert 2008 coordinate system, located in Ukkel, Belgium.
In the garden of the Royal Observatory at N 50 ° 47 '52 E 4 ° 21' 33 / Lambert Coordinate X 649328 Y 665262

Only these Benchmarks can be entered as waymarks in this category.

Benchmarks that you can find in Belgium.

Planimetric points:

- Elevated points
- Ground points

Altimetric points:

- Second General Water Levelling (TAW)
- Network of the Brussels-Capital Region

The map of those Belgian Benchmarks, with their specific icon, can be found on: NGI Belgium Zoom in on the map and you see the Benchmarks with their icons. Click on the icon and you get the information you will need for posting your Waymark.

The Belgian National Geographic Institute (NGI) in Brussels is the national mapping agency in Belgium.

It is very important to us if you spot a Benchmark that's damaged or missing.
Please write it in the Private Message so that we can report it to the NGI.

The requirement for logging this Waymark will be at least shoot the most beautiful picture you are ever shot at the Benchmark point.

• Waymarks can be added to this category
• New waymarks of this category are reviewed by the category group prior to being published
• Category is visible in the directory