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Create point from PLSS location

  • April 1, 2020
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mferwerda1111
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This seems like something someone would have done already, but has anyone created a workflow to generate a point from a PLSS (Public Lands Survey System) description, such as

township 45N Range 43W section 20, NE, SW, NW, SE ?

 

Any thoughts how to go about that ? not all are down to the QQQQ, some are only QQ, etc

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    • April 2, 2020

    Hi @mferwerda1111

    I'm not familiar with the PLSS system but I found some Bureau of Land Management web services that allow users to input a "legal description" query string. These services return JSON which can be processed and used to create geometry.

    Based on their documentation and your example string, you may need to format the string to match the required format before passing it to the web service.

    Would this work for your workflow?

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