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Surveyors’ range poles have been used for millennia to mark station positions, align straight lines, and provide visible targets for sight lines.  Range poles are painted with alternating, high-contrast bands (such as red and white, red and yellow, or black and white) to ensure proper visibility across long distances or during inclement weather.  These bands were not just for sight; they served as a unit of measurement. The bands corresponded one foot and allowed the surveyor, if using a sighted level or theodolite, to estimate elevation changes along the sighted line. 

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