Patterned Measuring Tape in the Survey Yard

A giant tape measure with a blue, ornamented case and a round green centre stands at the upper right of a survey yard. Its pale yellow blade, marked with teal ticks, slides out of the case, loops over itself in a curl, and ends at a lilac clip on a railing at the lower left. Surveyors in orange vests climb ladders against the case, stand on scaffolding inside the loop, and walk the blade carrying poles. A striped tower, a wooden shed with spools and rolls of line, a seesaw crane, and benches of coiled rope fill the surroundings. The tiled ground changes pattern from patch to patch, so each tile area marks its own piece of the puzzle.