11 Professional Land Surveyors of Oregon | www.plso.org Across 1. GLO accessory (12) 2. Light Detection and Ranging (5) 3. Accidental errors (6) 8. Used by British geodesists in the “Survey of India” to establish relative positions of remote mountain peaks (13) 11. A linear representation of the surface of the ground (7) 13. Something surveyors seldom admit to making (5) 15. Something surveyors claim to do better than anyone (9) 18. A basis for measurements (9) 21. A cartesian system (11) 23. Errors in measurement that are introduced by a faulty instrument setting (10) 24. A term used to describe the process a surveyor goes through to tie together controlling monuments to resolve a boundary (8) 25. An algebraic expression (8) 26. Adjusting a GPS RTK network to localized control (11) 27. A line of constant elevation (10) 28. e angular dierence between magnetic and true north (11) 29. Standard unit of measurement in Oregon (18) Down 1. Used to measure atmospheric pressure (9) 2. A commonly accepted process for adjusting errors in a survey (13) 4. e opposite of latitude (9) 5. NAVD 88 (5) 6. Proceeding around an arc (5) 7. A means for describing the perimeter of a parcel of land (16) 9. Oen used to descibe the PLSS (11) 10. Oen confused with accuracy (9) 12. A written record of eld work whilst performing a survey (11) 14. Oen confused with precision (8) 16. Stone with an “X” (8) 17. e opposite of departure (8) 19. Two equidistant lines (8) 20. Feet to meters or visa versa (10) 22. e basic building block of the PLSS (7) Answers on the page 15 Include spaces for answers with multiple words BLM Public Land Survey Plats „ Mary J.M. Hartel, BLM, Chief, Branch of Geographic Sciences e following public land survey plats for Oregon were approved and/or led during the period of September 2015 through December 2015. Oregon, Willamette Meridian T. 38 S., R. 3 E. Dependent Resurvey & Subdivision of Section 13 Tps. 32 & 33 S., R. 3 W. Dependent Resurvey, Corrective Dependent Resurvey & Subdivision of Section T. 10 S., R. 4 E. Dependent Resurvey & Subdivision of Sections T. 23 S., R. 8 W. Dependent Resurvey T. 32 S., R. 3 W. Dependent Resurvey & Subdivision of Section 35 Tps. 19 & 20 S., R. 2 W. Retracement T. 30 S., R. 15 W. Dependent Resurvey T. 22 S., R. 10 W. Dependent Resurvey T. 17 S., R. 4 W. Dependent Resurvey, Subdivision of Sections & Survey T. 39 S., R. 1 W. Dependent Resurvey & Subdivision of Sections T. 23 S., R. 9 W. Dependent Resurvey & Subdivision of Sections T. 41 S., R. 4 E. Dependent Resurvey & Subdivision of Section 1 T. 24 S., R. 3 W. Retracement T. 40 S., R. 4 E. Dependent Resurvey & Survey BLM PUBLIC LAND SURVEY PLATS
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