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One of the reasons for creating sections of 640 acres (260 ha) was the ease of dividing into halves and quarters while still maintaining a whole number of acres. A section can be halved seven times in this way, down to a 5-acre (2 ha) parcel, or half of a quarter-quarter-quarter section—an easily surveyed 50-square- chain (2 ha) area.
Google Earth is a web and computer program that renders a 3D representation of Earth based primarily on satellite imagery.The program maps the Earth by superimposing satellite images, aerial photography, and GIS data onto a 3D globe, allowing users to see cities and landscapes from various angles.
Township lines run parallel to the baseline (east-west), while range lines run north–south; each are established at 6-mile intervals. Lastly, townships are subdivided into 36 sections of approximately 1 square mile (640 acres; 2.6 km 2) and sections into four quarter-sections of 0.25 square miles (160 acres; 0.65 km 2) each.
Florida real estate development firm Kitson & Partners, led by former professional American football player Syd Kitson, signed a contract for the purchase of the Babcock Florida Company, including the ranch, in July 2005 [10] and laid out a plan to sell over 74,000 acres (30,000 ha) [3] to the State of Florida for the preservation of the most ...
One acre equals 1 ⁄ 640 (0.0015625) square mile, 4,840 square yards, 43,560 square feet, [2] or about 4,047 square metres (0.4047 hectares) (see below).While all modern variants of the acre contain 4,840 square yards, there are alternative definitions of a yard, so the exact size of an acre depends upon the particular yard on which it is based.
Google Earth itself includes a ruler tool that can be used to measure diameters or spokes across the crown of the tree. Alternatively, the crown area can be measured and crown spread calculated from that value. EasyAcreage [8] is a Google Earth area measurement tool that calculates the area of any shape outlined on the Google Earth display. The ...
The Acreage is a census-designated place (CDP) located in Palm Beach County, Florida, United States. It is part of the Miami metropolitan area of South Florida. The population of the CDP had 41,654 residents in the 2020 US census.
The following is a timeline for Google Street View, a technology implemented in Google Maps and Google Earth that provides ground-level interactive panoramas of cities. The service was first introduced in the United States on May 25, 2007, and initially covered only five cities: San Francisco, Las Vegas, Denver, Miami, and New York City.