A second plaque is located on the concrete bench behind the monument and describes the sculpture's functionality as a geodetic marker.

The monument's metal top piece includes inscriptions of the exact latitude, longitude, and altitude that is useful for map creators, architects, landscapers, engineers, and scientists.

[2] The IUPUI project is an attempt to publish Charles Sanders Peirce's hand-written manuscripts and put them in chronological order.

[2] It is currently located on "the southeast corner of the quadrangle bounded by the education/social work building, the lecture hall, and the old library".

[1] A Museum Studies course at IUPUI recently undertook the project of researching and reporting on the condition of 40 outdoor sculptures on the university campus.