Ideally sections are perfect squares that are exactly 640 square acres, but this is rarely the case. How does the TractBuilder Quartering Tool handle irregular sections and other features?
A. First, since the Quartering Tools was designed for sections, and we know that not all sections are created equal, we have made provision in the software to account for irregularities, such as a “chunk” missing from a section or the section being elongated or “squished”. Because of the flexibility we deigned the tool to have, the Quartering Tool takes these issues “in stride” and, many times without any workflow changes, users can successfully quarter less-than-perfect sections, parcels, and other basemap data. Secondly, we have added a “Cut Mode” feature, which will allow you to quarter based on BLM guidelines for irregular sections. While few sections are “perfect”, most sections do not require specifying a cut mode.
