This course provides an overview of mapping. You will explore practical uses for maps in county government and learn the importance of mapping skills for elected officials and deputies. This course explains how land is platted and surveyed and how this information is applied to mapping tracts of land. You will learn to compute acreage, determine lengths and various other measurements, and perform other practical mapping skills. This course also explores the history of Oklahoma’s mapping and platting system, and case studies give you hands-on experience in surveying, describing property, and platting land.