TOOLS, HISTORY RESEARCH, WEB RESOURCES

USEFUL TOOLS
MAP TOOLS
|Map Radius || Map Area || Distance || Elevation || Coordinates || Map Area || 

GOOGLE EARTH DESKTOP (Fully-Functional) - Free
GOOGLE EARTH INTERNET (The Basics) - Free
EARTH POINT - cool tools for Google Earth
Digital Commons Network; Thousands of papers from worldwide universities and colleges.
Kitchen Calculator
 
TERMS & PHRASES
A Paper Town (aka Phantom Town or Settlement) is a community that appears on a map(s) but does not legally exist.

QUICK REFERENCE of OLDE TYME MEASUREMENTS
1 Arpent = 192 feet (pre-metric French unit)
1 Fathom = 6 Feet
1 League or Nautical League = 3.45 miles
1 Nautical Mile = 1.15 Miles
1 Rod = 5.5 Yards
A Surveyor's Chain = 22 Yards
 
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