Description: Cadastral Survey Information for the Land Surveyor involved in the survey and retracement of the Public Land Survey System
manual (785) land survey (141) cmm (118) blm (105) cadastral (16) gmm (14) cadastral survey (2) gcdb (2) cefb (1)
This site is privately supported reference providing information of interest to the land surveyor (also known as the Cadastral Surveyor) involved in the preservation and retracement of the Public Land Survey System (PLSS) in the United States. The term Cadastral, in the U.S., is most often associated with the Federal Land Surveying Authority. The PLSS is also known as the "rectangular system", and was a key factor in the orderly expansion west in the early history of the country.
Cadastral is Where?
The Manual of Surveying Instructions - 1973 info etc. updated 11/19/2001