The program will read a comma delimited ASCII input file and produce a corresponding output file containing conversions records for legal PLSS description to geographic (latitude,longitude and datum) values.
Output file format:
field 01: Record number if provided else internal line number
field 02: Process status
field 03: TRS (Township, Range, Section string)
field 04: STR (Section, Township, Range string)
field 05: Decimal Longitude of spot
field 06: Decimal Latitude of spot
field 07: Datum
field 08: NS offset footage
field 09: NS offset footage direction
field 10: EW offset footage
field 11: EW footage direction
field 12: Offset footage reference corner
field 13: UTM Easting (meters)
field 14: UTM Northing (meters)
field 15: UTM zone
field 16: Township number
field 17: Township direction (always "S" for Kansas)
field 18: Range number
field 19: Range direction
field 20: Section number
field 21: Q Call nearest 9 point spot "X"
field 22: Q Call subdivision 1 (largest)
field 23: Q Call subdivision 2
field 24: Q Call subdivision 3
field 25: Q Call subdivision 4 (smallest)
field 26: Approximate acreage of section
field 27: Approximate length (ft) of North boundary line
field 28: Approximate length (ft) of South boundary line
field 29: Approximate length (ft) of East boundary line
field 30: Approximate length (ft) of West boundary line
The input file must conform to one of six formats (see formats below).The user must select the appropriate radio button option that corresponds to the input format prior to selecting the "Process" button.
2.) Degrees, Minutes, Seconds. Input order is longitude degrees, longitude minutes, longitude
seconds,latitude degrees, latitude minutes, latitude sedonds , datum, and optional records number.
Note: The longitude degrees can be positive or negative, the seconds values can contain decimal values, the datum
must be specified as "NAD27" or NAD83 and the optional record number can contain alpaha numeric characters.
Example:
99,30,0.0,38,30,0,NAD83,1001
-99,30,0.0,38,30,0,NAD27,1002
-99,7,24.44,38,7,24.44,NAD27,Alpah1004
3.) Degrees, Decimal Minutes. Input order is longitude degrees, longitude decimal minutes,
latitude degrees, latitude decimal minutes, datum, and optional records number. Note: The longitude degrees
can be positive or negative, the datum must be specified as "NAD27" or NAD83 and the optional record number
can contain alpaha numeric characters.
Example:
-99,30.1234,38,30.1234,NAD83,101
-99,30.1234,38,30.1234,NAD27
-99,30.1234,38,30.1234,NAD83,103
-99,30.1234,38,30.1234,NAD83,Alpha104
4.) Township, Range, Section and offset Footages. Input order is Township number, Range
number, Range direction, Section number, North/South offset footage distance, North/South offset footage
direction, East/West offset footage distance, East/West offset direction, footage offset reference corner,
datum and optional record number. Note: TRS numbers are integer, Range direction is "E" or "W", North/South
offset direction is "N" or "S", East/West offset direction is "E" or "W", offset reference corner is "SE",
"NE","SW" or "NW", the datum must be specified as "NAD27" or NAD83 and the optional record number can
contain alpaha numeric characters.
Example:
19,18,E,18,1320,N,1320,E,SE,NAD27,2008
19,18,E,19,1320,N,1320,E,SE,NAD27,2009
19,18,E,20,1320,N,1320,E,SE,NAD27
19,18,E,20,1320,N,1320,E,SE,NAD83
5.) Township, Range, Section and Q Calls. Input order is Township number, Range
number, Range direction, Section number, location spot,subdivision 1 (largest),subdivision 2,
subdivision 3, subdivision 4 (smallest), datum and optional record number. Note: TRS numbers are integer,
Range direction is "E" or "W" location is one of nine posibilites, "C" = center, "N" = center of North
boundary, "S" center of South boundary, "E" center of East boundary, "W" center of West boundary, "NE" corner,
"SE" corner, "NW" corner or "SW" corner. Valid subdivisions include quarter calls "NONE", "NE", "NW", "SE" or "SW"
AND half subdivision designators "N2", "S2", "E2" or "W2". The datum must be specified as "NAD27" or NAD83 and
the optional record number can contain alpaha numeric characters.
Example:
18,11,W,11,C,NW,SE,NE,NE,NAD83,SE,10001
1,19,E,4,C,NW,SE,NE,NE,NAD83,SE,10002
1,19,E,5,C,NW,SE,NE,NE,NAD83,SE,10003
1,19,E,8,C,NW,NONE,NONE,NONE,NAD83,SE,10004
6.) UTM Coordinates. Input order is UTM Easting, UTM Northing, UTM zone,
datum and optional record number. Note: The datum must be specified as "NAD27" or NAD83 and
the optional record number can contain alpaha numeric characters.
Example:
542835.6,4261777.13,14,NAD83,10001
542835.6,4261777.13,14,NAD27,Alpha10002
303338.86,4428883.13,15,NAD27