LAND SURVEY TERMS

GLOSSARY OF U.S. BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT SURVEYING AND MAPPING TERMS  K

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K – Kelvin; 1,000; Kilo

KAM – Kansas Assn. of Mappers

KAN – Kansas.

KANDIDATS – Univ. of Kansas Landsat Software System

KAPS – Kentucky Assn. of Land Surveyors

KCLA (Land Status Records) – Known Coal Leasing Area.

KDMS – Kork Digital Mapping System

KGRA (Land Status Records) – Known Geothermal Resource Area.

KGS (Land Status Records) – Known Leasing Area.

KR MER (Land Status Records) – Kateel River Meridian.

KS – Kansas.

KY – Kentucky.

K FACTOR The B/H ratio. See BASE-HEIGHT RATIO.

KELSH PLOTTER – A brand of stereoscopic plotting instrument of the double-projection type, characterized by
the use of contact-size diapositives and a moving illumination system that concentrates light on the portion of the
image that is projected to the tracing table.

KELVIN – Thermometer scale equal to the Celsius (formerly called “Centigrade”) degrees plus 273°, thru 0°C =
273°K, 100°C = 373°K.

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