I live in New England and i envy folks whose land is surveyed and defined w the Jeffersonian system. My property is "beginning at a point adjacent to the Smith farm, formerly Johnson, then proceeding generally south west along a rock wall 231 feet and some inches to a steel pipe set in a boulder, then crossing a wood road 12 feet 8 inches to the east to a rock..."
19:50 the camels are on there because he used the pace of a caravan of camels as a means to measure the approximate distance between Alexandria and Syene.
good information. But calling Thomas Jefferson a communist and a monster is a bit much. Not only is the communist label wildly incorrect and flat out wrong, but even the monster label is coming at it out of context. Everyone agrees slavery is wrong and inexcusable, but labels like 'monster' are probably best saved for people like Stalin, Hitler, Guevara, Tito, Hussein. Applying 'Monster' to Jefferson trivializes what real monsters are. I'm not a fan of Jefferson, but empirically was no communist. Even avowed communists do not assert that Jefferson was a communist. They can cherry pick some traits or comments that are similar to communist theory, but he was never a communist of any sort. Clearly, you know your stuff about PLSS which I found really helpful. But the 'monster' and 'communist' labels are extremely wrong. Nonetheless. Thank you for this explanation.
Just a quick question, what exactly is the meaning of "accuracy" on a theodolite manual. To be specific the Futtura Dt10 states accuracy 20" 10" it was written exactly like that with a couple of spaces between 20 and 10.. thats mostly feet they are referring to right?
How many acres are in following legal description E 1/2 of SW 1/4 of NE 1/4 of Section 23 40 acres? 160 acres? 10 acres? 20 acres? Video you have, 19 minutes and 8 second long, why didn't you go over the major description?
Thank you for this video. It was a great explanation and added value to the teeny tiny bit I learned on my own. Do you have any video on how to read the coordinates? I tried contacting a county Planner, but haven't heard back. I can read the coordinates for simple aliquots of sections, but when it starts to have quarters of quarters of quarters of NE or whatever, I get lost.
The sections were numbered that way so that no two sections with the same number would touch each other. Also the townships on each side know section numbers would be the same next to each other. That is why they are numbered in that manner
I'm about a 1/4 mile from what I'm told is a survey corner Intersection, I have bare property and the county WON'T give me a physical address, the neighbors on my north & south side have a address but the numbers are far apart, I'm told the 911 address are determined somehow in FEET from the corner intersecting point, is there a WAY to find out my actual 911 address in case I need to call 911 while doing work alone on the property? The county emphatically WON'T give me a 911 address
This is is awesome! I am helping out with mentoring of Science Olympiad Road Scholar event for the first time this year. You turned something complicated into something so simple. By the way, I love the references regarding Thomas Jefferson. It made me laugh out loud. Thanks for posting.
This was the BEST EXPLAINED VIDEO!! I’ve looked at so many and just couldn’t understand what in the world they were talking about ! It’s like they expect you to follow along so quickly but I loved the way you broke everything down and included the amounts of acres and all that it really made so much sense thank you so much!
I’m not studying anything or buying anything. I’m just some guy trying to give a hydro company directions to his house. All these websites and “explanations” that require you to have at least a base knowledge of the field before even knowing where to copy paste a few numbers from is soooooo unnecessarily complicated and annoying.
I think there is an error at 16:18 min. you say section 8 is T3S when it's actually T2S. Can you please Clarify ? I'm starting from the baseline calculating up. Also for Section 23 isn't it T1N ? Section 35 seems correct .. please answer cause now I'm completely confused.
