To aid in 3D mapping and to increase the odds of actually being in the right place in the woods while searching for Goshawk nests.

I converted township and range using this website-> http://www.earthpoint.us/TownshipsSearchByDescription.aspx

Then I saved each corner coordinate into the excel docto split up the section (~600-800 acres) into quarters (150-200 acres) and 1/16ths (to get around 30-50 acres for each search area) assuming 1/16th section data is known…

Each Corner Co-ord is inserted into Excel document with formulas

Then Each column will calculate 1/4 section (colored backgrounds) and 1/16th section (Corners Each Column, 1/16th section in rows)

Make master list with GPS coord’s by pasting nearest known location (1/16th section) Coor-d’s under the “Coords of section” data , to find each Corner and center

Note:

latitudes have positive values to make the math easier (type in a negative into the gps)

Excel may make you paste data as values, right click “123” (pasting 1/16th section coords into excel).

I put each coordinate into Google Earth for each site, Center and NW,NE, SW,SE corners

Save all points for a site under a folder with the site name,

organize by alpha and /or region

Then I can export to google maps or GPS

—Actually I used google to batch import a google spreadsheet to make a kml file that is saved in google earth as a network link (meaning when I update the spreadsheet on my end it automatically updates for you in google earth).—

You can use this website to convert .kml or .kmz into .gpx (Which can then be downloaded into a GPS)

http://www.gpsvisualizer.com/