Across
- 1. East and west survey lines that are 24 miles apart that intersect with the meridian.
- 4. A system of land division that is based upon permanent meridian and latitude lines yielding rectangular shaped land areas.
- 8. An area of land of any size.
- 9. Township, city, county, or state laws regulating land uses and development; used to implement and enforce plans to protect public health and welfare and attain the best use of the available land.
- 11. The height of anything above a given planetary reference plane, esp. above sea level on earth.
- 13. Computer application that integrates information with geographic data.
- 14. The exact, geographical survey description of real estate used in abstracts of title and on the legal estate tax roles.
- 15. A true north and south line; a line from which range lines are established in the General Land Office Survey.
- 16. Trees, stones, rivers, or lakes used as a point or a starting point when using the metes and bounds means of defining land boundaries.
- 17. Angular distance east or west on the earth's surface, measured by the angle contained between the meridian of a particular place and some prime meridian, as that of Greenwich, England, and expressed either in degrees or by some corresponding difference in time.
- 18. A unit of township that is 640 acres.
- 19. A means of defining legal boundaries of land by giving the bearings and distances from points of reference. Often a tree, stone, or some natural feature is used in the description.
Down
- 2. A unit of land measurement in England and the United States that is 43,560 square feet.
- 3. The angular distance north or south from the equator of a point on the earth's surface, measured on the meridian of the point.
- 5. Government markers or posts used as a point or a starting point when using the metes and bounds means of defining land boundaries.
- 6. Collects radio waves from various satellites to determine location and time.
- 7. A network of satellites launched and controlled by the Department of Defense. It is designed to help determine latitude, longitude, altitude, and time.
- 10. An area of land that is 6 miles by 6 miles.
- 12. A geometric technique used to determine a location by measuring distances.