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Definitions for: government rectangular survey system
government rectangular survey system

a rectangular system of land survey that divides a district into 24-square mile quadrangles from the meridian (north-south line) and the baseline (east-west line); the tracts are divided into 6-mile-square parts called townships, which are in turn divided into 36 tracts, each 1 mile square, called sections.

Example: Government Rectangular Survey System (Figure 89).

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Digital Government Society of North America
Serves the interests of a community of scholars and managers interested in the development and impacts of digital government. Promotes digital or electronic government that fosters the use of information ...

Founded: 2006
Dues: regular, $75 annual; student, $40 annual. MULTINATIONAL.