Last night I had the opportunity to sit down with the Saguaro Chapter of APLS. I was asked to give a practical presentation on the use of Geographic Measurement Management (GMM) this is a free software available at
http://web.nmsu.edu/~kwurm/software/wg/wginstall.zip
http://web.nmsu.edu/~kwurm/software/wg/WGVDD.pdf
http://web.nmsu.edu/~kwurm/software/wg/WGTechRef.pdf
http://web.nmsu.edu/~kwurm/software/wg/WGUserGuide.pdf
If other chapters or groups are interested in having me do a tutorial let me know. I honestly beleive this software is the best for calculating and refining search areas for PLSS monumentation.
So here are the links for the downloads. I have the data files for Arizona and New Mexico but collectively these files are almost 5 GIG. I need to figure out where I can host the data files. I am thinking the APLS website. Don't know yet. Stay tuned.