Protraction tools are required because only small percentage of the total state land base has been surveyed. Mapping personnel in local, state and federal agencies needed a convenient means to easily and consistently define parcels of land described by MTRS and fractional sub-divisions.
Internet access is now available.
The DNR software works directly with Public Land Survey System data supported and maintained by the Bureau of Land Management. About 60 CD ROMS have been distributed to user agencies, resource industry staff, the general public, and project supporters. This project may directly benefit other states who rely upon the public land survey system and need an efficient means to create aliquot part subdivisions of sections. Summary of Project Tasks Advancement of Aliquot Part software from UNIX system to multi-platform environment. The UNIX Aliquot Part software was successfully rewritten to be cross platform compatible.