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The preface explains the glossary’s purpose for trainee cadastral surveyors and BLM personnel, emphasizes clarity and exactness, and clarifies that some terms may be unique to BLM practices. 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S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR  \nBUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT  \nGLOSSARY OF BLM  \nSURVEYING AND MAPPING TERMS  \nPREPARED BY THE  \nCADASTRAL SURVEY TRAINING STAFF DENVER SERVICE CENTER 1980 SEARCHABLE PDF 2003  \nPREFACE  \nThe original edition of this glossary was developed for use by trainee cadastral surveyors during the cadastral survey professional series of training courses. This edition is intended for use by all BLM personnel and should be of particular value to newly hired cadastral and cartographic personnel. For the sake of clarity and exactness, many first edition definitions have been modified.  \nThe definitions are not meant to conflict with those in other glossaries, but since the glossary is for BLM cadastral personnel, some terms will have a meaning unique to BLM cadastral surveys.  \nGlossary of Cadastral Surveying Terms  \nA  \nA (Land Status Records)– Acre(s) .  \nABC – Airborne Control. See AIRBORNE CONTROL SURVEY.  \nACQ (Land Status Records)– Acquired.  \nACSM – American Congress on Surveying and Mapping.  \nACT OF CONG (Land Status Records)– Act of Congress.  \nADHE (Land Status Records)– Adjusted homestead entry.  \nADM S (Land Status Records)– Administrative site.  \nADP – Automatic Data Processing.  \nA&E – Architect and Engineer.  \nAEC (Land Status Records) -Atomic Energy Commission.  \nAF (Land Status Records)– Air Force.  \nAGRI (Land Status Records)– Agriculture, Agricultural.  \nAGRI EXP STA (Land Status Records)– Agriculture Experimental Station.  \nAHA (Land Status Records)– Alaska House Authority.  \nAHE (Land Status Records)– Additional homestead entry.  \nAK – Alaska.  \nAL – Alabama.  \nALA – Alabama.  \nALL MIN (Land Status Records )– All Minerals.  \nALLOT –(Land Status Records)– Allotment.  \nALS PS (Land Status Records) -Alaska Public Sale.  \nAM – Amended Monument.  \nAMC – Auxiliary Meander Corner.  \nA&M COL (Land Status Records)– Agriculture and Mechanical College.  \nAMDT (Land Status Records)– Amendment, Amended, Amends.  \nANCSA – Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act.  \nANS (Land Status Records)– Air Navigation Site.  \nAP – Angle point; also AP-1, AP-2 etc.  \nAPLN (Land Status Records)– Application.  \nAPLN EXT (Land Status Records)– Application for extension.  \nAPP (Land Status Records)– Appendix.  \nAPPROP (Land Status Records)– Appropriation, Appropriate, Appropriated.  \nAPPVD (Land Status Records)– Approved.  \nAR – Arkansas.  \nAREA ADM O (Land Status Records)– Area Administrator Order(s) .  \nARIZ – Arizona.  \nARK – Arkansas.  \nARPT (Land Status Records) -Airport.  \nARRCS (Land Status Records)– Alaska Rural Rehabilitation Corp. Sale.  \nASCE – American Society of Civil Engineers.  \nASGN (Land Status Records)– Assignment.  \nASPH (Land Status Records)– Asphalt.  \nASRHE (Land Status Records)– Additional stockraising homestead entry.  \nAUTH (Land Status Records)– Authorization.  \nAVE LSE (Land Status Records)– Aviation lease.  \nAZ – Arizona.  \nABANDON – To desert or forsake entirely. To voluntarily relinquish possession with the intent of terminating ownership but without vesting it in any other person. In determining whether one has abandoned his property or rights, intent is the paramount object of inquiry for to abandon, one must intend to abandon. The intent must be clear and the act must be complete. To abandon a homestead one must leave with the intention of never returning. To abandon a mining claim held by location without patent, the holder must leave voluntarily without any intention toretake or resume the claim and regardless of what may become ofit in the future. Even in prescriptive rights, nonuse is not abandonment. However, See TUNNEL LOCATIONS. Also See PRESCRIPTIVE, HIGHWAY ABANDONMENT, ABANDONED MILITARY RESERVATION.  \nABANDONED MILITARY RESERVATION – A military reservation which has been transferred to the Department of the Interior for Administration.  \nABROGATE – To abolish by authoritative action. To do away with or annul.  \nABSENT","cbCaijyZhZbki51w","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaijyZhZbki51w","pdf",22115708,135,"English","# Preface\n# Glossary Entries (A - ABUTTING PROPERTY)\n## A (Land Status Records)\n## ABANDON\n## ABSTRACT\n## ABSTRACT OF TITLE\n## ABUT\n## ACCESS\n## ACCRETION","[{\"question\":\"What is the purpose of the glossary in this document?\",\"answer\":\"It was developed for use by trainee cadastral surveyors and intended for all BLM personnel, especially newly hired cadastral and cartographic staff.\"},{\"question\":\"Why are some definitions modified compared with the original edition?\",\"answer\":\"For clarity and exactness, many first-edition definitions were modified while maintaining the glossary’s consistency within BLM usage.\"},{\"question\":\"Are terms in this glossary meant to match other glossaries?\",\"answer\":\"The glossary is not intended to conflict with other glossaries, but some terms may have meanings unique to BLM cadastral surveys.\"}]","Glossary of BLM Surveying and Mapping Terms - Preface - A | PDF",1791921763,47]