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	Dominion Land Survey - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The DLS is the dominant survey method in the Prairie provinces, but it is also used in British Columbia along the Railway Belt (near the main line of the Canadian Pacific Railway), and in the Peace River Block in the northeast of the province.
		The survey was begun July 10, 1871, shortly after Manitoba and the North-West Territories became part of Canada.
		In townships surveyed from 1881 to the present, road allowances are reduced both in width and in number.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dominion_Land_Survey (1466 words)

	Alberta's Township System (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Dominion Lands Survey System is therefore an astronomic system with all north-south lines laid off as true meridians, and all east-west lines established as chords to parallels of latitude.
		Township surveys subdivided the Crown land into parcels which could be sold for settlement, development and other public purposes.
		The introduction of the Torrens land registration system in Alberta, effective January 1, 1887, was made possible by the accuracy of the original township and settlement surveys and the careful collection and preservation of survey plans.
	www.alsa.ab.ca /system.htm (1311 words)

	Dominion Land Survey (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		To facilitate the timely execution of the Dominion Land Survey, contracts were offered in different regions, and crews were hired locally.
		This period of expanded survey activity happened to coincide with Prime Minister Sir John A. Macdonald’s term as Minister of the Interior.
		After 1881, land was allotted to the CPR as part of the company’s payment for building the railway.
	www.albertasource.ca /treaty8/eng/transcripts/181_Dominion_Land_P1.html (344 words)

	Survey township - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Survey township, sometimes called Congressional township, as used by the United States Public Land Survey System, refers to a square unit of land, that is nominally six (U.S. Survey) miles (~9.7 km) on a side.
		Stemming from this is the expression, "the lower 40", which is the 40 acres on a settler's land that is lowest in elevation, in the direction towards which water drains toward a stream, and the "back forty", the portion farthest from the settler's dwelling.
		A survey township is used to establish boundaries for land ownership.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Survey_township (329 words)

	Dominion Land Survey (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Dominion Land Survey is the method used to divide most of western Canada into one-square- mile sections for agricultural and other purposes.
		When the Dominion Land Survey was begun in western Canada in the 1870âs, lines called "base lines" were surveyed every 24 miles north from the 49 th Parallel, intersecting the...
		Klotz was active in the Dominion Land Surveys from 1879 to 1884, including the exploratory survey to Hudson Bay which he completed in 1884.
	survey.aboutthisring.info /texas-land-survey/dominion-land-survey.html (473 words)

	Dominion Land Survey: Part Two: Alberta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Sections were surveyed into quarter sections of 160 acres each, and this 160-acre parcel of land was the standard homestead grant.
		From an 1885 departmental report of the Dominion Land Surveys, the Surveyor General assured, "In no case where settlers have been found on a river front in advance of a survey, and desired that their holdings should be laid out with river frontages, has the privilege been refused."
		Along with setting aside land for homesteading, the Dominion Lands Act stated that in each township, sections 11 and 29 were to be set aside for schools.
	www.albertasource.ca /treaty8/eng/transcripts/182_Dominion_Land_P2.html (369 words)

	A Man and His Instrument
		He performed a detailed survey of a river route for a proposed railway, requiring hundreds of astronomical observations, assessing the terrain and its suitability for the proposed project.
		In 1885, he was assigned by the Dominion Government as chief of the astronomical observations to be conducted in British Columbia and the North West.
		He worked on the British Columbia Railway Belt Survey from 1885 through to 1890, and finally, in the surveys of the Alaska boundary relative to the dispute between the United States and Canada regarding the placement of the boundary during the 1890's.
	www.surveyhistory.org /a_man_and_his_instrument.htm (353 words)

	Land survey (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Land Survey Records Inc. is an online warehouse of legal surveys available for both public access, searching and retrieval, as well as professional surveyor access.
		Land Survey Equipment Land Survey Equipment.com has land-surveying equipment that is designed for the different leveling applications that you will find on today's job site.
		It is established under the Land Title and Survey Authority Act and has responsibility for managing, operating and maintaining British Columbia s land title and land survey systems.
	www.survey-national-guide.info /land-survey (305 words)

	Learn more about Township in the online encyclopedia. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		In western Canada townships exist only for the purpose of land division by the Dominion Land Survey and are not administrative units.
		In England the township has been long obsolete, but was a subdivision used to administer a large parish.
		A survey township is a unit of land measure defined by the Public Land Survey System.
	www.onlineencyclopedia.org /t/to/township.html (283 words)

	Integrating Informal and Formal Requirements Methods - Background
		While understanding the Dominion Land Survey System employed in Western Canada is not a requirement to understanding the requirements gathering techniques developed, having an understanding of the underlying conventions will assist the reader in assessing it's viability for other projects.
		The choice of the Coastal meridian being 12245'39.6"W, approximately 55 km west of the Seventh meridian, occurred at a later date and was due to it's initial survey being conducted by the British Columbia provincial government, not the Dominion government, and it being incorporated into the D.L.S. at a later date.
		A legal subdivision is 1/16 of a section, subdivided in the same manner as a township is divided into sections, starting from the south-east corner and winding to the north-east corner dividing the section into 16 parcels.
	sern.ucalgary.ca /courses/seng/691/F97/alang/backgrnd.html (1233 words)

	Canadian Institute of Planners-CIP
		It was rapidly realized that the urban question was an integral part of the problem as water resources, the demands for hydro-electricity, minerals and lumber, not to mention agricultural difficulties, erosion and the destruction of wilderness areas and of human life, were all held up to scrutiny.
		A former public health officer and a fierce critic of the "army of land speculators and jerry builders," which he believed were ruining the cities, Hodgetts lobbied for the appointment of a planning expert.
		Most acts included a clause allowing property owners to claim for compensation if their land was adversely affected (although we have no evidence that this was ever invoked), and all provided for close scrutiny of municipal activities, including plan approval, by the province, usually through an agency such as a municipal board or commission.
	www.cip-icu.ca /English/plancanada/wolfe.htm (3047 words)

	Dominion - Celtillus's Basic Dominion Strategy Guide
		He is clearly an attacker, not an explorer like the last target, and most attackers (except those whose offensive elite has no defense value, such as Lycanthrope and Dark Elf) are very difficult to break while their attacking force is at home.
		Attacking in the absence of surveys and castle spies (eg on Halflings and Lizardfolk) can be a lot more problematic.
		Land defense is only really an issue right OOP or at very small sizes, but nonetheless you should be aware of it.
	www.kamikazegames.com /Dominion/scribes/celtillus/calc.htm (1417 words)

	Dave Obee's Family History Page
		The records created when settlers took land are among the most important documents available for family history research pertaining to the Canadian West.
		A "section" is a chunk of land that measures one mile by one mile.
		The primary meridian is just west of Winnipeg, and is the basis for the land surveying throughout the Prairies.
	www.islandnet.com /~daveobee/daveobee/columns/dominion.htm (1166 words)

	Calgary & Southern Alberta - Dominion Land Policy
		In the 1871 land policy, request for homesteads of 160 acres (a quarter-section) were accepted for a fee of ten dollars and a residence requirement of five years.
		In the Dominion Lands Act of 1872, the residence requirement was reduced to three years in order to compete with similar American offers.
		The withholding of extensive tracts of land for speculation by the HBC, the CPR, and other colonisation companies greatly frustrated potential settlers.
	www.ucalgary.ca /applied_history/tutor/calgary/dominion.html (222 words)

	Dominion Land Survey
		Starting at each intersection of a meridian and a base line and working west (also working east of the First Meridian), nearly square township s are surveyed, which are about six miles (9.8 km) in both north–south and east–west extent.
		In townships surveyed from 1871 to 1880 (most of southern Manitoba, part of southeastern Saskatchewan and a small region near Prince Albert, Saskatchewan), there are 30-metre-wide (1.5- chain -wide) road allowances surrounding every section.
		The rural school buildings were often as not located on school sections.
	www.seattleluxury.com /encyclopedia/entry/Dominion_Land_Survey (1103 words)

	List Of Survey Topics - YellowSurveys.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Dominion Land Survey that they would like all available topics to be included in list postings.
		Dominion Land Survey To display the list of topics contained in a specific survey click on the link in the rightmost column of the survey list.
		Dominion Land Survey Current Survey List This is a list of open surveys.
	www.yellowsurveys.com /list-of-survey-topics.php (629 words)

	Manitoba Conservation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Field notes containing original surveys of lands in the Province of Manitoba.
		Documents containing correspondence from Surveyors/Land owners (grantees) etc. to and from Ottawa, referring to resurveys/boundary disputes/oaths/inspection surveys, etc. Documents are microfilmed and filed by township and ranges.
		Survey plans delineating boundaries of mining claims, administrative boundaries, cottage lot subdivisions, rights of way, etc. submitted to the Director of Surveys for approval and confirmation, as required by The Mines Act and The Surveys Act.
	www.gov.mb.ca /conservation/survey_services/information.html (159 words)

	Alberta: Home, Home on the Plains - Heritage Trails, Master List
		Dominion Land Survey - The Dominion Land Survey began in the late 1860s, after Alberta bought Rupert's Land from the Hudson's Bay Company.
		Dominion Land Survey, Part Two: Alberta - In 1880, surveyors began sectioning land for homesteading in Alberta.
		But not until 1874 was the land ready to be surveyed.
	www.abheritage.ca /pasttopresent/heritage_trails.html (3168 words)

	Manitoba land related information system information utility
		Security is provided to ensure that shareable land related information is visible and obtainable only to authorized users who are then charged a fee for the processing and handling of the information.
		In this example, a subdivision survey plan will be imported, along with key information (primary table) that identifies each subdivision parcel, and owner and assessment data for each parcel (indirect table).
		The purpose for creating a data model is twofold: to export a schema definition in the form of data definition language (DDL) to be used later for loading data into the IU database; and to capture information required by the data directory informing users as to available data.
	libraries.maine.edu /Spatial/gisweb/spatdb/urisa/ur94017.html (3281 words)

	Land-survey
		LAND'S END - Ordnance Survey One-Inch Map of England and Wales - Map 189
		An index of names of people as well as names of roads, traces, and surveys is included.
		This is a reprint of a book first published by the Indiana Historical Society in 1919, written by the former Dubois County surveyor, George R. Wilson.
	www.explainingmortgages.com /a-land-survey-4.htm (170 words)

	Free Dominion :: View topic - CPC policy convention delegate survey
		A survey that asks for my input that would have been valid prior to the last election.
		A survey that is skewed by the CPC actions of being in charge of Canada.
		Opinions posted on Free Dominion are those of the individual posters and are not necessarily the opinion of Free Dominion or its operators.
	www.freedominion.ca /phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=58273 (764 words)

	Survey Quality Assurance
		Survey Audit: Survey audit is designed to provide a maximum level of confidence in the survey field data received (theodolite, GPS, LiDAR, INS and barometry).
		Using the latest technology, our Geomatic Engineers and Survey Technicians will improve the accuracy of the data by correcting errors and increase your confidence that all the data are in the correct location.
		We will go through all the survey data in that area, ensure it fits together and validate that you are working with the most accurate results.
	www.veritasdgc.com /bins/content_page.asp?cid=5-3215-414 (424 words)

	DLSPLOT: A Computer Program for Translating Dominion Land Survey Coordinates to Universal Transverse Mercator ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Dominion Land Survey system is a synthesis of orthogonal and polar coordinate systems.
		If Dominion Land Survey coordinates are used as input and National Topographic Systems compatible maps are desired as output, mapping by computer must invoke a suitable translation program.
		The construction of such a program was undertaken by simplifying the coordinate system to the maximum extent consistent with keeping the resultant errors within set limits.
	www.ags.gov.ab.ca /publications/ABSTRACTS/OFR_1976_26.html (216 words)

	Alibris: Surveyors
		His journeys brought him to King George Sound and Van Diemen's Land as well as the treacherous waters of the Great Barrier Reef, places which serve as the backdrop to...
		The Roman land surveyors: an introduction to the agrimensores
		Land disputes are increasingly involving public rather than private interests.
	www.alibris.com /search/books/subject/Surveyors (505 words)

	WhiteStar Canadian Land Survey
		WhiteStar now provides Dominion Land Survey for all of Alberta and southern Saskatchewan.
		WhiteStar has worked closely with the official mapping agencies for Alberta and Saskatchewan to bring you and accurate and complete land survey database.
		Land mapping, oil and gas exploration, pipeline mapping, agriculture, forestry, parcel mapping.
	www.whitestar.com /canadian_land_survey.htm (138 words)

	Google Earth Community: Geographical centre, Canadian "prime meridian"
		Actually, this would mark where the Dominion Lands Survey of the prairie provinces (Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta) began.
		By the way, you might notice that some of the land immediately around the monument is not square, as the DLS PDF shows.
		The lots were surveyed so that they'd have access to the river.
	bbs.keyhole.com /ubb/showthreaded.php/Cat/0/Number/637691/Main/633879 (276 words)

	Dominion Land Survey (DLS) Upgrades
		If any coordinates in your workstation are stored with local coordinates, when you work in an older DLS version, you take the risk of having your survey based on inaccurate grid.
		This can lead to errors when laying out survey locations with new technologies like GPS or Inertial Navigation Systems, which usually are based on the best available local control.
		Even if a survey has been audited, you could be introducing a 50-meter error when comparing data based on different grids.
	www.veritasdgc.com /bins/content_page.asp?cid=5-3215-1848-1852 (295 words)

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