Talk:Dominion Land Survey
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Terminology seemed inconsistent to me - why refer to the US sections when the next sentence expressly stated that the Canadian sections had significant differences in definition? Insert your link by all means, but not just there.
Can't help you with a rewrite - I'm an Australian surveyor and know very little about the methods of township layout in US and Canada. We don't use anything as rigidly structured and defined - it must make the cost of boundary definition considerably higher in comparison to our system. Although early towns were laid out on a rectangular pattern (it is easier to calculate and layout on the ground) the orientation was never very rigid. Usually based on magnetic north, but often swung to fit the terrain.--Mikeh 15:34, 1 Feb 2005 (UTC)
- I explained why on your talk page, and the reasoning is further explained on Talk:Section (U.S. land surveying). There are no significant differences; that should be and will be one article. The only differences are an inverted numbering in townships, and the fact that we get cheated in the United States because our road allowances are within the sections, not outside them.
- It wounds like you do not have a similar usage in Australia; perhaps you might want to add a brief note about that. You can add it to Section (U.S. land surveying), which will be moved once a name is arrived at after any discussion in its talk page. Gene Nygaard 15:46, 1 Feb 2005 (UTC)
This article relates to the Canadian land survey. Similarities exist in other countries, and should eventually be mentioned and linked. The article does seem to run together a bit, and could be broken up into subsections, such as history, etc. Some mention of the personalities involved with its inception should also be included. Landroo 05:16, 27 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Section numbering
Numbering of individual sections is diplayed incorrectly. Section number 1 is the Northeast corner section in every Township. They then number 2,3,4,5,6 to the west, 7,8,9,10,11,12, to the east aternatively until Section 36 is in the Southeast corner.
6 5 4 3 2 1 7 8 9 10 11 12 18 17 16 15 14 13 19 20 21 22 23 24 30 29 28 27 26 25 31 32 33 34 35 36
—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 205.201.208.11 (talk • contribs).
- That's how they're numbered in the States (see Public Lands Survey System). In Canada, Section 1 is in the southeast corner of the township. Indefatigable 16:32, 22 September 2006 (UTC)
31 32 33 34 35 36 30 29 28 27 26 25 19 20 21 22 23 24 18 17 16 15 14 13 7 8 9 10 11 12 Canada (Dominion Land Survey) 6 5 4 3 2 1 -- 49th parallel ----------------------------------------------- 6 5 4 3 2 1 7 8 9 10 11 12 United States (Public Lands Survey) 18 17 16 15 14 13 19 20 21 22 23 24 30 29 28 27 26 25 31 32 33 34 35 36
Hope this helps clear up the confusion. Landroo 16:19, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
