PLSS Map

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A PLSS map, which stands for Public Land Survey System, is a type of map that facilitates ownership. It is a way to subdivide and describe land in the United States systematically and fairly. The original PLSS surveys were often marked by wooden stakes or posts, marked trees, pits, or piles of rock, or other less-permanent markers, and therefore were not systematic. A PLSS map begins at an initial point and the north-south line that passes through it is called the prime meridian and the east-west line that passes through it is called the base line.