Field reference
Legal land guides
Plain-language notes for reading the description, reaching the field and knowing where a mobile estimate stops.
Guide
How to locate a PLSS township, range and section
A field-ready explanation of PLSS descriptions, principal meridians, aliquots and offline coordinate lookup.
GuideWestern Canada legal land description locator
How LSD, section, township, range and meridian descriptions become navigation-ready field coordinates.
GuideConvert an Alberta LSD to GPS coordinates
A practical guide to converting Alberta LSD and ATS descriptions into a navigation estimate on iPhone or iPad.
GuidePLSS vs DLS: what changes in a legal land description?
A concise comparison of U.S. PLSS and Canadian DLS or ATS descriptions for field workers.