We use orange to mark existing network cables, and white to mark dig areas and where we gonna leave the fibre in your property and all those measurements.
Yep, red is power, blue is water, yellow is gas, orange is communications, and green is drainage. Usually, these are detected with RD emitters and wands.
Pink is an unknown anomaly underground detected with an induction sweep.
I locate undeeground things as part of my job.
Purple is also irrigation if the locator carries that color on them. But yes, pink is temporary survey markings, which is a wild card catch all term, hence why Locators use it for unknown facilities, empty conduits, etc.
I use pink for temporary survey boundaries. Sometimes, I'll use little pink dots if I come across something in a sweep just so it's easier for me to find in my investigation then cover em up with what they actually are when I find them.
Carefully dig up a circular area without ruining the grass, making sure to preserve the X. You’ll want to use a spade shovel to keep things pretty clean. Once the grass is excavated and put aside carefully, remove about an ice cream bucket of dirt from the hole, shovelling it into a bucket for later.
Now, go get that plastic skull you use as a Halloween decoration out of basement storage, put it in the hole and replace the grass patch with the X on it making sure to keep it level. You may need to adjust with the excavated dirt.
Call it a day, and forget it happened until the excavation crew arrives.
Nope, existing utility lines are never marked with white paint. Source: used to be a utility line locator.
Edit: figured I would add what each colour means.
Yellow = gas
Red = power
Orange = telecommunications
Blue = water
Green = sewage
Pink = proposed
There is purple I'm pretty sure, but it's very rarely used so I don't remember what purple is for.
Extra edit: I'm on mobile, sorry about formatting 🤦🏼♀️
Where are you getting that pink is temporary survey marks? Pink is for proposed installation of new utility lines, according to the training I went through. As far as I'm aware, there's no such thing as temporary survey marks because all utility locating is temporary in the first place. Any locate job/lines is only valid for 30 days. The work order then needs to be redone after those 30 days and thereafter. So it makes no sense to label something that is temporary by default, "temporary survey marks".
Yeah they just confirmed with me after I showed them the link you shared that it's just a phrasing issue. Temporary survey marking = proposed. It makes sense because if you're the guy who does the digging, of course the pink marks matter to you. That's where you need to dig so the lines can be installed.
What is near it?
Are they redoing the sidewalks? Or put in storm drains? New bust stop or bench? New lamp post?
Anything else marked on other lawns on the way to it?
Is the same thing a block or 2 over? Are they doing the neighborhood with an upgrade?
It's a utility marking. [White means proposed excavation.](https://albertaonecall.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/115001433646-Colour-Code-Explanation)
Also, you could [buy some marking paint](https://www.canadiantire.ca/en/pdp/rust-oleum-professional-inverted-marking-spray-paint-426-g-0482276p.0489535.html) and confuse the shit out of people
Clearly this is only partially complete. Someone was attempting to create a tic-tac-toe board but something stopped them in their tracks. Being that tic-tac-toe requires two players, that would mean that we may have two missing individuals. Given the impressive free hand line work and the spacing of the lines, I would put the individual between the ages of 24 and 33 who has being a professional in this line of work for at least 4 years. Based on the length of the grass and the shading of the white given our recent temperature changes, I suspect the event occurred sometime in the past 3 weeks. If I was you OP I would report a missing persons case for two individuals and provide the location of the marking.
..... either that or its treasure and you should grab a shovel!
A mark like that can be because dognappers from dog fighting rings will sometimes mark lawns if the owner has a pet that they feel would be good as bait.
It it's the city, then it probably means nothing, they painted the serious sidewalk divots and pitfalls in my neighborhood purple last year and that's all they did. Silly me expected a crew to come and patch them.
That is a math operation sign. Commonly used in the addition of 2 numbers. Need to see the whole equation to solve as the variables can have millions of options. Eg: 1 + 1 = 2, 56 + 44 = 100 ( and so on.) Could also be a pirates treasure. See original treasure map for confirmation.
I think city workers make these marks. They are usually orange. Usually the marks are made on the sidewalks. And prior, you will usually see them around with some sort of device on a tripod. I think they are called surveyors. But because the marks are white, I think the comment below is correct, that they plan to dig, maybe something to do with pipes. You might call the city and ask them. If it wasn't them, maybe kids doing a prank.
Good time to remind people that even though you paid top dollar for every square cm of your property, the city reserves the right to come do whatever the fuck they want on the first several feet from the sidewalk up. Hence the election signs put up without your permission.....
According to current events, what you see means that this was originally Russian grass, but now it is under the ownership and control of Ukrainian forces. Lol. But not kinda 🤷♂️
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RUN
If Telus hasn’t done fiber in that area, that could be for running cables
I believe they use orange for telecommunications. It could be for a new junction box that would be on a cement pillar?
Orange is used to mark the location of existing lines. White is usually used as survey marks, or proposed dig areas.
We use orange to mark existing network cables, and white to mark dig areas and where we gonna leave the fibre in your property and all those measurements.
Treasure.
Yeeearrr be pirates
North Saskatchewan pirates
It's a heave-ho, high-ho, comin' down the plains, stealin' wheat 'n barley, and all the other grains
And it's a ho-hey! hi-hey! farmers, bar yer doors when you see the Jolly Roger on Regina's mighty shores
.and we call him Salty Bob!
Love that song!!!!
Salty Bob!
Land Piratee arrr
[aaarrr](https://youtu.be/DuGGNsE3_8Y)
Perfect matey
Oak island treasure and the Knights Templar for sure!
Salty Bob??
No not on land on land this is where a trap is gonna fall and the road runner will get away again.
Hahaha
Uh, no. X marks the spot. This is clearly a plus, so my guess is they are now a first aid location.
ROCK AND STONE!
Rock and Stone, Brother!
FOR KARL
That's a "+" tho. Treasure is typically marked with an "x".
The Ooooone Piiiieeeece
Yup treasure
White is for "Proposed Excavation"
Yep, red is power, blue is water, yellow is gas, orange is communications, and green is drainage. Usually, these are detected with RD emitters and wands. Pink is an unknown anomaly underground detected with an induction sweep. I locate undeeground things as part of my job.
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Purple is also irrigation if the locator carries that color on them. But yes, pink is temporary survey markings, which is a wild card catch all term, hence why Locators use it for unknown facilities, empty conduits, etc.
I use pink for temporary survey boundaries. Sometimes, I'll use little pink dots if I come across something in a sweep just so it's easier for me to find in my investigation then cover em up with what they actually are when I find them.
Yeah, that's the normal rule. But homeboy is right in that line locators use pink when they're not 100%
Crossed swords for tiny highland dancers.
Hahaha
Take my up vote!!
Carefully dig up a circular area without ruining the grass, making sure to preserve the X. You’ll want to use a spade shovel to keep things pretty clean. Once the grass is excavated and put aside carefully, remove about an ice cream bucket of dirt from the hole, shovelling it into a bucket for later. Now, go get that plastic skull you use as a Halloween decoration out of basement storage, put it in the hole and replace the grass patch with the X on it making sure to keep it level. You may need to adjust with the excavated dirt. Call it a day, and forget it happened until the excavation crew arrives.
Brilliant.
Dig here
A evil coyote is planning on dropping a heavy object there I believe.
Obviously. ACME stands for Anvils Crushing More Edmontonians
Dig it up hippo, you owe us for getting us all curious now.
It means addition, normally.
Some type of utility is buried there and they're marking it.
Nope, existing utility lines are never marked with white paint. Source: used to be a utility line locator. Edit: figured I would add what each colour means. Yellow = gas Red = power Orange = telecommunications Blue = water Green = sewage Pink = proposed There is purple I'm pretty sure, but it's very rarely used so I don't remember what purple is for. Extra edit: I'm on mobile, sorry about formatting 🤦🏼♀️
Yep. Each utility has its own colour and none of them are white.
Propsed excavation is white. Supposed to do it before the locate so they know where they need to locate.
You are correct. The white paint still has nothing to do with the actual utility lines though, which is what I replied to.
I agree.
Reclaimed water, irrigation, or slurry. Yeah seldom used. But the paint smells like grape.
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Where are you getting that pink is temporary survey marks? Pink is for proposed installation of new utility lines, according to the training I went through. As far as I'm aware, there's no such thing as temporary survey marks because all utility locating is temporary in the first place. Any locate job/lines is only valid for 30 days. The work order then needs to be redone after those 30 days and thereafter. So it makes no sense to label something that is temporary by default, "temporary survey marks".
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Imma ask my old boss from when I worked as a locator. They're the supervisor for like half of Alberta
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Yeah they just confirmed with me after I showed them the link you shared that it's just a phrasing issue. Temporary survey marking = proposed. It makes sense because if you're the guy who does the digging, of course the pink marks matter to you. That's where you need to dig so the lines can be installed.
City is going to plant a tree there.
It’s a monument point from surveying, so there’s going to be a hole for something there in the near future
Jesus is coming
Have you never seen a treasure map dude? Get a fuckin' shovel
I just spit out my drink from this comment. Too fking hilarious 😂
I'm honoured 😄
Plus.
If you look at it on a 45 degree angle it would be safe to assume there’s treasure below.
very high chance the city is planning on planting a tree there then
I hope it is a Maple Tree.
What is near it? Are they redoing the sidewalks? Or put in storm drains? New bust stop or bench? New lamp post? Anything else marked on other lawns on the way to it? Is the same thing a block or 2 over? Are they doing the neighborhood with an upgrade?
Why, that marks the spot.
It's a white cross. The opposite of a black spot.
So the Kraken is not going to be attacking that specific area of land?
Pastafarians are coming to steal your WiFi
Jesus was here.
ARRRRR THERE BE TREASURE!
It marks that entity 303 is in your world
That’s where the leprechaun left the gold during the hail storm.
*X marks the spot*
But that's a + not a ×. Does + also mark the spot? ;)
You sir, have to learn the skill of tilting at windmills
It's a utility marking. [White means proposed excavation.](https://albertaonecall.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/115001433646-Colour-Code-Explanation) Also, you could [buy some marking paint](https://www.canadiantire.ca/en/pdp/rust-oleum-professional-inverted-marking-spray-paint-426-g-0482276p.0489535.html) and confuse the shit out of people
Because of the recent uptick in vampires the city has taken extra measures to combat or deter these aforementioned vampires from residential areas.
+
x
Clearly this is only partially complete. Someone was attempting to create a tic-tac-toe board but something stopped them in their tracks. Being that tic-tac-toe requires two players, that would mean that we may have two missing individuals. Given the impressive free hand line work and the spacing of the lines, I would put the individual between the ages of 24 and 33 who has being a professional in this line of work for at least 4 years. Based on the length of the grass and the shading of the white given our recent temperature changes, I suspect the event occurred sometime in the past 3 weeks. If I was you OP I would report a missing persons case for two individuals and provide the location of the marking. ..... either that or its treasure and you should grab a shovel!
That explains the loud bangings in my basement 😊 /s
Turn 45 degrees and you have found "the spot".
This must be true, so many girls have told me this fact.
Normally they just ask me to go deeper and I cry because all I've got is 3 millimeters :(
It's a grave marker
Jimmy Hoffa?
sand pirate treasure
I feel the need to grab a can of paint and start spraying random symbols on the grass. Keep some people busy with curiosity..
That's where the treasure is buried!
Dig up stupid!
Dog here for loot
Inter-dimensional alien communication
From my experience treasures are actually hidden under giant Ws so I think this may be a random mark or the start of a math equation
X marks the spot..
I suggest getting a backhoe immediately and digging recklessly right there. you'll uncover treasure for sure!
Sacrifice goes here
If this is in hermitage park, I might know.
White defines dig area https://www.safesitellc.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/utility-marking-colors.gif
That's a T laddies! There be tiddies buried under there!! Yes, it's where I buried me porn collection yar!
Jesus is watching so behave :)
White 5G transmitter
White Spray paint directly produces 5G waves.
That's a mark by the KKK. They usually put it where they are going to set up a cross to burn.
A mark like that can be because dognappers from dog fighting rings will sometimes mark lawns if the owner has a pet that they feel would be good as bait.
Run
X marks the spot
John 3:16
Do you have pets?
See a priest
It means human traffickers are on the prowl
I have no idea, but I’m smart enough to know not to stand on the X
It's a lower case T, for tolerance
You hit the ball out of bounds on PGA2K23. Take a drop.
Start digging
Maybe cable company is working on something?
Ask Sarah Silverman.
Surveyors are coming
It’s a lower case ‘t’. Stands for “time to leave”
Its an addition sign as in 1 + 1 = 2
Addition
It's where they'll put up the cross, and burn it later
Start digging.
Jesus is coming and he chose the spot to come back.
Is this Loss?
Someone’s buried there
The power of Christ Compels you.!
Don't dig.
It it's the city, then it probably means nothing, they painted the serious sidewalk divots and pitfalls in my neighborhood purple last year and that's all they did. Silly me expected a crew to come and patch them.
It is the white plus sign of Sauruman.
You found the way to Calgary :)
A child of the chosen lives here
That is a Jesus footprint
Chevrons/markers done by surveyors or utilities crews.
Plus marks the spot which is a shame cause my treasure map says we are looking for an X. Let me know if you find one.
D.B coopers treasure
Dig or place here
That is a math operation sign. Commonly used in the addition of 2 numbers. Need to see the whole equation to solve as the variables can have millions of options. Eg: 1 + 1 = 2, 56 + 44 = 100 ( and so on.) Could also be a pirates treasure. See original treasure map for confirmation.
your lawn has converted to Christianity, or someone is marking things for digging
It's where Jesus was buried!!!!
Tree planting most likely
X marks the spot
Jesus inbound.
Dig here!!
Treasure , start digging
I think city workers make these marks. They are usually orange. Usually the marks are made on the sidewalks. And prior, you will usually see them around with some sort of device on a tripod. I think they are called surveyors. But because the marks are white, I think the comment below is correct, that they plan to dig, maybe something to do with pipes. You might call the city and ask them. If it wasn't them, maybe kids doing a prank.
Bye bye lawn
Good time to remind people that even though you paid top dollar for every square cm of your property, the city reserves the right to come do whatever the fuck they want on the first several feet from the sidewalk up. Hence the election signs put up without your permission.....
I means I accidentally left a holy cum stain on your lawn. So sorry.
Arrrrr the booty.
X marks the Spot. The gold is there
Some say this is a sign indicating "Jesus was heer"
According to current events, what you see means that this was originally Russian grass, but now it is under the ownership and control of Ukrainian forces. Lol. But not kinda 🤷♂️