OT: Online map utilities

[Paul Hovnanian]

I know this could probably be answered on one of the GIS newsgroups, but
I've already ruined my reputation here by asking stupid questions. So
here goes:

Does anyone know of a database/lookup utility that will translate a
Section, Township and Range into latitude and longitude (either the
corners or the center of a section). Most of the mapping pages
(terraserver.com, etc.) take addresses (which I don't have) or Lat/Long
coordinates.

Specifically, I need one for Los Angeles County.

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[Chafik Hankour]

Paul Hovnanian <Paul@hovnanian.com> wrote:

I know this could probably be answered on one of the GIS newsgroups, but
I've already ruined my reputation here by asking stupid questions. So
here goes:

Does anyone know of a database/lookup utility that will translate a
Section, Township and Range into latitude and longitude (either the
corners or the center of a section). Most of the mapping pages
(terraserver.com, etc.) take addresses (which I don't have) or Lat/Long
coordinates.

Specifically, I need one for Los Angeles County.

Use the usps.com site to locate a post office near the area you are
interested in. The map will display the latitude and longitude of the
center, you can then 'move' your point of interest to the center of
the map to get a more accurate lat. and long. I am sure there is a
better way.

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-CH

 

[James Waldby]

Paul Hovnanian wrote:

Does anyone know of a database/lookup utility that will translate a
Section, Township and Range into latitude and longitude (either the
corners or the center of a section). Most of the mapping pages
(terraserver.com, etc.) take addresses (which I don't have) or Lat/Long
coordinates.

Specifically, I need one for Los Angeles County.

I googled with:

Section, Township and Range into latitude and longitude

and the first hit:

http://www.geocities.com/jeremiahobrien/trs2ll.html

says:

"TRS2LL is a routine to convert legal locations (Township/Range/Section)
to the latitude and longitude of the center of the section. It also
converts any latitude and longitude to the legal Location (TRS). The
conversion is done statistically using regression analysis so the
accuracy may not be good enough for some applications. The program
covers the following states: AR AZ CA CO ID KS MT ND NE NM NV OK OR
SD UT WA WY."

It has a "Download executable, source or DLLs" link.