range pole

noun

Surveying.

1. a conspicuously painted pole held upright to show the position of a survey mark.

Example Sentences

Morrison held the range pole steady, turned on the GPS unit, and hoped it would pick up the signal of at least five satellites, which would give him his location to within 5 centimeters.

From Scientific American

Dwight Eisenhower and Harold Macmillan did both, at one point using Presidential Physician Howard Snyder as their range pole for golf shots on Chequers' broad lawns, at other times going behind closed doors for serious talks.

From Time Magazine Archive