Exploring Topographic Maps: Historical Insights & Land Partitioning Systems

Jul 03, 2025

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Discover the significance of Public Land Survey System (PLSS) established in 1785 through a non-spatial, descriptive approach. Learn about settlers' role in defending the nation's frontier and how contour lines provide valuable hints.

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Exploring Topographic Maps: Historical Insights & Land Partitioning Systems

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Geography 59 Reading Topo Maps Student Final Projects (3) June 21, 2007
PLSS : Public Land Survey System Originated 1785! Not spatial, but descriptive in nature '...settlers were needed in the western lands to defend the nation's frontier from ongoing native attacks...' PLSS is a land partitioning system
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Contour Lines: Hints