Notes From Nature Talk

Subject: ANN0000orq

Subject ANN0000orq Full subject data (JSON)

Comments

  • hyderAli by hyderAli

    Coordinates (T.2N; R.2E; N.E.) should be included on location, correct?

    Posted

  • SandersClan by SandersClan

    That's where I put them. ")

    Posted

  • nosenabook by nosenabook

    Me, too. Do collectors use special maps when collecting, or is this the usual designation in some places?

    Posted

  • riskingraisin by riskingraisin

    This notation is often used in states that fall under the Public Land Survey System (township & range).

    Posted

  • riskingraisin by riskingraisin

    Colored states in this map: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Meridians-baselines.png

    Posted

  • nosenabook by nosenabook

    Thanks. The map explains why it seems so common and yet I'd never heard of it. I've lived in VA, KY, NC, and one miserable year in Ohio.

    Posted

  • riskingraisin by riskingraisin

    Yeah, I've always lived in NC, which uses metes & bounds rather than township & range.

    Posted

  • riskingraisin by riskingraisin

    Learned about PLSS while doing field work in Idaho. http://prezi.com/agggqcsfh8ac/township-range-and-metes-and-bounds/

    Posted

  • ecovrar by ecovrar

    before (hand held) GPS that was the accessible coordinate system. It meant going out into the field with a topo map - or better yet - cont

    Posted

  • ecovrar by ecovrar

    • a Soil Cons Serve (now NRCS) county soil survey map. it was the best source of aerial photos prior to Google/ Keyhole

    Posted