I noticed that you have Public Land Survey Data for most of the country; do you plan to add the Texas Public Land Survey data to this list?
The Texas Public Land Survey is distinct from the Public Land Survey System that covers most of the rest of the U.S. and was originally designed as a hybrid of the PLSS and the Spanish land grants system. While PLSS data can often be downloaded for free from various federal and state agencies, the Texas data is not as readily available.
DeLorme recently entered into an agreement with the Railroad Commission of Texas, a state agency that regulates the energy and utility sectors and that provides a variety of datasets for these industries. Through this agreement DeLorme will make available several GIS layers preformatted in XMap openspace format. These include oil and gas pipelines, well locations, and Public Survey polygons.
The Public Survey data is available for use in any edition of XMap 5.* or 6 and includes clearly defined boundaries and labels. Users of XMap Professional cannot change the color of the polygons, the style of the label, or any of the other characteristics of the layer; however, users of either the GIS Editor or Enterprise versions of XMap can modify the layer in numerous ways. For instance, the polygon color can be changed, the labels can be removed or edited, additional queries can be built, and selected areas within the layer can be highlighted and used to create a new layer. For details on how to perform any of these functions, refer to the Help system in XMap.
For more information visit http://www.rrc.state.tx.us/
Tags: DeLorme, Land Surveying, Railroad Data, XMap
