I got a call from an old client for a boundary survey and topo for a substation. There's an old substation existing. I got some paper work and started breaking it down. I wanted to see where it was situated on the ground, or close to it. So I go to Earth Point and do a search for section township and range. Earth Point makes a kmz file to view in Google Earth. Open Google Earth and oh my. The property should be almost along the township and county line. But looking at Google Earth the property in North on the township line in the county North of it. Making the property 200 ft +/- of where it's supposed be. The paper work was from 1966, and some appears to be some TVA involvement. Before I even start I'm put on notice.?ÿ
Thanks for the Earth Point tip. ?ÿNever heard of it.
I've seen earthpoint off way more than 200'. I don't trust it at all.?ÿ
You can load up the USGS quad map overlay into google earth pro to get a rough idea of section lines.?ÿ The ones in my area are all within 30 feet or so.
Give PLSS for Google Earth a try - I find it to be remarkably accurate.
I have encountered properties that are "OFF" by 6 miles because either the Township Number or Range Number was mislabeled. These types of errors usually stand out like a sheep turd in a bowl of milk, and therefore are actually pretty easy to spot and correct. It gets a lot trickier when the "tie point" is a USMM or USLM.
Loyal?ÿ
You can load up the USGS quad map overlay into google earth pro
How?
I think I got the info here a long time ago.?ÿ http://www.earthsurvey.us/quads/quads.html
It is pretty slow, and you sometimes have to force a refresh.?ÿ I usually zoom into a few sections, and then activate the radio button on the sidebar and it will load.
I use it to place pins at approx search locations for GLO corners.
