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PLSS is the Public Land Survey System. Some people know it as Township, Range, and Section. It is based on a flat Earth, so every 4 townships there is (supposed to be) a correction factor. In the mountainous terrain of the western U.S. the surveying errors accumulated, so you see some bizzare shapes to some sections, which are supposed to be exactly 1 mile square. The notes of the surveyors (some dating from the 1850's in my area) make some real interesting reading. They describe encounters with grizzly bears, surveying right through Indian villages, forest fires, having their equipment damaged by floods, etc. You may have heard of the fellow that first thought up this method of land surveying and mapping. His name was Thomas Jefferson (yes... THAT Thomas Jefferson). We try to use geocaching to help promote the profession of Land Surveying and this topic really insterested me. Some very good points are being made. Regarding the correction lines, see our cache Correction Survey Lines (GC122YE) Or for some information about the PLSS see Correction The Survey Meridian (GC12F3R) Burk OSLS

I'm looking for someone in Oklahoma who is an active participant in the Oklahoma Society of Land Surveyors (OSLS) and is also an active geocacher. As an alternative, I'm either looking for someone who is a geocacher and is interested in starting a geocaching subcommittee for the Oklahoma surveyors; or I'm looking for an Oklahoma surveyor who is interested in learning about geocaching. NSPS Geocaching Project (GCXWVE) http://tinyurl.com/yz6r2q geocaching username: NSPS - National Society of Professional Surveyors Burk Cornelius Oklahomam Society of Land Surveyors burk@osls.org