Township and Range in Alaska

How many of you used Google Earth? It is a free software which uses pictures taken from orbits satellites and provides them to the end user of the application.

Another interesting use of Google Earth is to convert the Township and range of a location to Latitude and Longitude. Click the link :

http://www.earthpoint.us/Townships.aspx

and follow the instructions:




If we click “Fly to on Google Earth”, we are actually opening the Google Earth application and launch a search of the township and range, in the selected state.
Here is what we see:





We can use the zoom option, in order for us to improve the resolution:



...and finally:








We also have the option to find the township and ranges based on latitude and longitude:




After we click "Fly to On Google Earth", we get the following image:




The United State Public Land Survey is full covered by Google Earth Point. This software is free for 15 days. After this period you have to buy the license.


It is amazing how technology can evolve. We can find convert a township and range in latitude and longitude coordinates in a few seconds. I am wondering what technology will bring in the future and how far are we going to scientifically advance.


Resources:
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1) http://www.earthpoint.us/Townships.aspx