Convert USA Public Land Survey System to Latitude and Longitude (PLSS to GPS)

Coverage

This program converts between any Legal Land Description subdivided by the Public Land Survey System of the United States of America and Latitude and Longitude.

Accuracy

This conversion is based upon a shapefile in which Latitudes and Longitudes are given to the nearest 0.000278 decimal degrees or the nearest 'second'.

On the equator at sea level, one longitudinal second measures 30.92 metres or 101.44 feet.

Assuming perfect surveying, no keypunch errors and no programming bugs, the conversion should give results with no more than about 50 feet of error.

The results are calculated to the center of a perfectly square section.

Common Names for this System of Land Surveying

• Legal Land Description
• Public Land Survey System (PLS) (PLSS)
• Rectangular Survey System
• United States Public Land Survey (USPLS)
• Rectangular System of Surveys
• U.S. Government Survey
• Official Government Survey
• "According to the Government Survey Thereof"

30 States Covered   Alabama   Alaska   Arizona   Arkansas   California   Colorado   Florida   Idaho   Illinois   Indiana   Iowa   Kansas   Louisiana   Michigan   Minnesota   Mississippi   Missouri   Montana   Nebraska   Nevada   New Mexico   North Dakota   Ohio   Oklahoma   Oregon   South Dakota   Utah   Washington   Wisconsin   Wyoming

37 Meridians Covered   Black Hills   Boise   Chickasaw   Choctaw   Cimarron   Copper River   Fairbanks   Fifth Principal   First Principal   Fourth Principal   Fourth Principal Extended   Gila and Salt River   Humboldt   Huntsville   Indian   Kateel River   Louisiana   Michigan   Mount Diablo   Navaho   New Mexico Principal   Principal   Salt Lake   San Bernardino   Second Principal   Seward   Sixth Principal   St. Helena   St. Stephens   Tallahassee   Third Principal   Uintah   Umiat   Ute   Washington   Willamette   Wind River

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