MCPD–HistoryinaNutshell
CurrentCapabilities
• GrowingcoverageforIdahoandMontana
• Containsover3,500controlpoints
• Withover2,000additionalpointscurrentlypendingreview
• Includingrecentlyestablishedandre‐locatedcontrolpoints
• Submittedbyparticipatingsurveyorsandagencies
• http://mcpd.mt.gov/mcpd/mcpd_metadata.html
• Referencesover4milpts.fromtheBLMGeographicCoordinateDatabase(GCDB)
• http://mcpd.mt.gov/mcpd/gcdb_metadata.html
• Referencesover34,000control pointsfromtheNationalGeodeticSurvey(NGS)
• http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/cgi‐bin/datasheet.prl?Explain=DATASHEET#
• IncludesthefollowingPublicLandSurveySystem(PLSS)layers:
• Township/Range,Section,Quarter‐QuartersandSpecialSurveys
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