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Convert Canadian Legal Land Description to Latitude and Longitude

Find land in Western Canada (British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan & Manitoba) subdivided by the Dominion Land Survey (DLS) and the Alberta Township System (ATS).

FamilySearch Wiki - Metes and Bounds

General Land Office Primer of Instructive Information Relative to Legal Subdivisions and Plats of Public Land Surveys

Glossaries of BLM Surveying and Mapping Terms

Glossary of BLM Surveying and Mapping Terms

From the U. S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management.

Glossary of Colonial Terms

Graphical Display of the Federal Township and Range System

U.S.

Handbook for Surveyors (Google Books)

By Mansfield Merriman, John Pascal Brooks, 1895

How to Read and Understand Legal Land Descriptions - Understanding Legal Land Descriptions

Interpret and Write Descriptions of Land: The Public Land Survey System

Lesson template from the BLM

Land Survey Systems

Legal Land Descriptions in the USA

Locating Features Using the United States Public Land Survey System (Township and Range) and Google Earth

Measuring America: How the United States Was Shaped by the Greatest Land Sale in History

A book by Andro Linklater.

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Metes and Bounds Surveys

Plat Plotter

Converts deed 'metes-and-bounds' into a Plat of Survey for use with digital maps and GPS devices. This free, cloud-based application works with Google Maps to produce overlays for mapping programs like Google Earth, GPS devices, online printing services or shared with others.

PLSS in Google Earth (PLSGE)

Metzger + Willard, Inc, a civil engineering firm has provided a free application that runs in Google Earth version 5.0 or later. (PLSGE) This application provides Township and Section lines as an overlay on Google Earth as well as an overlay for the Principal Meridians and Baselines. PLSGE has search capabilities for Townships and Sections.

Range Maps for Dummies

Reference - BLM GLO Records - Rectangular Survey System