how do i convert township and range to gps coordinates?

Question

I am trying to locate corner markers on a parcel of land prior to purchasing without messing around with a survey.

Answer 1

Go to maptech.com to get the coordinates from their maps. Then compare your GPS with those. Also try Googlearth.There should also be some history somewhere in your county of what the township lines were set at, You can also go to www.ngs.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/datasheet.prl for the survey benchmarks in your area.
This wont print the whole web address. If you need it check with ngs.noaa for geodetic marks.

Answer 2

Unless you have a high grade GPS unit, your best accuracy will be a 30+ foot circle around you with out post processing the readings with a stable GPS base station - strike 1

Unless you have the coordinates of the corners of the property, i.e. lat/long, UTM meters, State Plane feet, you won't find them - strike 2

Township and Range consist of 36 one square mile sections. Other than the possibility of taking a reading on section corners, there is nothing to convert to. You are not giving enough information. - strike 3

Read the deed at the county court house and look at the land's survey. Follow the fence/tree lines. Borrow a metal detector and look for corner pins.

A single GPS unit is a poor substitute for a transit. Remember, those satellites you are tracking are 11,500 miles up in the sky!

Answer 3

If you are too cheap to get the survey, are you sure you can afford the land? and how will you know what you are buying?

by the way: the townships and range system described above does not apply to Louisiana. Some townships in south Louisiana can have over a 100 sections.

Answer 4

That's interesting

Answer 5

I would like to ask the same question as the user above.

Answer 6

um wow...dont know thanks 4 the two points