Looking for GPS program

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I'm looking for a program which will allow you to input descriptions from
section maps and return the GPS points for the corners of the property.
 
I'm looking for a program which will allow you to input descriptions from
section maps and return the GPS points for the corners of the property.
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Try alt.satellite.gps
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Thanks for the links. We're buying some mountain acreage and was hoping we
would be able to track out our property lines without having to hire a
surveyor. We were hoping we'd be able to mark it by getting the GPS coords
for the corners.

xtort said:
maybe these may help:

EasyGPS
http://www.easygps.com/default.asp

GPSDiag
http://www.commlinx.com.au/gps_diag.htm


best,
xtort
[http://xtort.net]

"ceg" <[email protected]> wrote in message
I'm looking for a program which will allow you to input descriptions from
section maps and return the GPS points for the corners of the property.
Click to expand...
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Thanks for the links. We're buying some mountain acreage and was hoping we
would be able to track out our property lines without having to hire a
surveyor. We were hoping we'd be able to mark it by getting the GPS coords
for the corners.
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If you want legally reliable boundaries, that will not be possible.
For GPS software to do that, it would need to have an ideal database of
the exact, correct locations of all possible corners. Unfortunately,
actual property boundaries may be variously defined, there may or may not
be unresolved conflicts, and there is no assurance that corners determined
from maps are accurate according to local legal standards.

However, if you simply want a general approximation for
reconnoitering the land, and the corners are defined by section/township
or other lines shown on USGS topographic maps, you can go to
http:\www.topozone.com on the Web, and locate the corners as closely as
you can on the quadrangle for that area. The site has an option to show
coordinates of points that you mouse-click. This can also be done in the
National Geographic Topo! program (which, however, is not freeware).
 
http://www.easygps.com/


Donald G. Davis said:
If you want legally reliable boundaries, that will not be possible.
For GPS software to do that, it would need to have an ideal database of
the exact, correct locations of all possible corners. Unfortunately,
actual property boundaries may be variously defined, there may or may not
be unresolved conflicts, and there is no assurance that corners determined
from maps are accurate according to local legal standards.

However, if you simply want a general approximation for
reconnoitering the land, and the corners are defined by section/township
or other lines shown on USGS topographic maps, you can go to
http:\www.topozone.com on the Web, and locate the corners as closely as
you can on the quadrangle for that area. The site has an option to show
coordinates of points that you mouse-click. This can also be done in the
National Geographic Topo! program (which, however, is not freeware).
Click to expand...
 
Donald G. Davis said:
However, if you simply want a general approximation for
reconnoitering the land, and the corners are defined by section/township
or other lines shown on USGS topographic maps, you can go to
http:\www.topozone.com on the Web, and locate the corners as closely as
you can on the quadrangle for that area. The site has an option to show
coordinates of points that you mouse-click. This can also be done in the
National Geographic Topo! program (which, however, is not freeware).
Click to expand...

This sounds like something I'd like to take a look at. What we have is the
standard section map type description such as NW 1/4 of SE 1/4 of....etc.
What I was hoping to do was to find a good section map or find the corner
coordinates in some fashion. I'll take a look at the website you mention in
a bit, but it's looking more like we're going to have to contact the
assessor's office or hire a surveyor to mark it out.
Thanks.
 
Chrissy Cruiser said:
On 28 Nov 2004 23:17:11 -0700, Donald G. Davis wrote:

Dead link.
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Sorry, I left out a backslash after http:\. The site is still
there.
 
Sorry, I left out a backslash after http:\. The site is still
there.
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Yet another correction; they should be forward slashes, not
backslashes (I shouldn't post these when I'm sleepy).
 
Donald G. Davis said:
Yet another correction; they should be forward slashes, not
backslashes (I shouldn't post these when I'm sleepy).
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Most current browsers will auto-correct the syntax. I clicked the link
just now, and Kmeleon rewrote it without problem. Fortunate convenience.
I often have trouble on mixing up forward and back slashes. One of those
things. For instance, I was about 35 y/o by the time I got ok with choosing
between the words horizontal and vertical. (Accomplished finally after
someone handed me the trick of associating "horizontal" with "horizon.")
 
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