[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"learn-\u002Flearn\u002Fhow-to\u002Fuwi-to-gps":3,"learn-related-how-to\u002Fuwi-to-gps":428},{"id":4,"title":5,"body":6,"category":404,"createdAt":404,"cta":405,"description":407,"extension":408,"icon":404,"industry":404,"keywords":409,"meta":416,"navigation":417,"path":418,"province":404,"relatedPages":419,"section":421,"seo":422,"stem":423,"systems":424,"updatedAt":404,"__hash__":427},"learn\u002Flearn\u002Fhow-to\u002Fuwi-to-gps.md","UWI to GPS — Convert Unique Well Identifiers to Coordinates",{"type":7,"value":8,"toc":389},"minimark",[9,14,24,29,32,48,56,157,169,173,178,181,195,205,209,217,233,236,240,243,257,261,264,269,288,301,305,321,325,337,343,356,362,366,377],[10,11,13],"h1",{"id":12},"uwi-to-gps-how-to-convert-unique-well-identifiers-to-gps-coordinates","UWI to GPS: How to Convert Unique Well Identifiers to GPS Coordinates",[15,16,17,18,23],"p",{},"A ",[19,20,22],"a",{"href":21},"\u002Flearn\u002Fsystems\u002Fuwi","Unique Well Identifier (UWI)"," is not just an administrative tracking number — it encodes the well's surface location directly. Once you know how to read one, UWI to GPS conversion is a two-step operation: extract the LSD from the middle segment, then convert the LSD to coordinates. This guide walks through that process, plus bulk workflows for data teams.",[25,26,28],"h2",{"id":27},"what-a-uwi-contains","What a UWI Contains",[15,30,31],{},"Every DLS-based UWI has three segments separated by slashes:",[15,33,34],{},[35,36,37,41,42,41,45],"strong",{},[38,39,40],"span",{},"Event Sequence"," \u002F ",[38,43,44],{},"LSD Location",[38,46,47],{},"Event Suffix",[15,49,50,51,55],{},"For ",[52,53,54],"code",{},"100\u002F06-32-048-07W5\u002F00",":",[57,58,59,75],"table",{},[60,61,62],"thead",{},[63,64,65,69,72],"tr",{},[66,67,68],"th",{},"Segment",[66,70,71],{},"Value",[66,73,74],{},"Meaning",[76,77,78,92,105,118,131,144],"tbody",{},[63,79,80,84,89],{},[81,82,83],"td",{},"Event sequence",[81,85,86],{},[52,87,88],{},"100",[81,90,91],{},"Well type code (oil well)",[63,93,94,97,102],{},[81,95,96],{},"LSD",[81,98,99],{},[52,100,101],{},"06",[81,103,104],{},"Legal Subdivision 6 within the section",[63,106,107,110,115],{},[81,108,109],{},"Section",[81,111,112],{},[52,113,114],{},"32",[81,116,117],{},"Section 32",[63,119,120,123,128],{},[81,121,122],{},"Township",[81,124,125],{},[52,126,127],{},"048",[81,129,130],{},"Township 48",[63,132,133,136,141],{},[81,134,135],{},"Range",[81,137,138],{},[52,139,140],{},"07W5",[81,142,143],{},"Range 7, West of the 5th Meridian",[63,145,146,149,154],{},[81,147,148],{},"Suffix",[81,150,151],{},[52,152,153],{},"00",[81,155,156],{},"First well at this surface location",[15,158,159,160,163,164,168],{},"The middle segment — ",[52,161,162],{},"06-32-048-07W5"," — is a standard ",[19,165,167],{"href":166},"\u002Flearn\u002Fsystems\u002Flsd","LSD description",". It identifies a 40-acre parcel in west-central Alberta, in the Pembina field near Drayton Valley. That's your GPS target.",[25,170,172],{"id":171},"step-by-step-single-uwi-conversion","Step-by-Step: Single UWI Conversion",[174,175,177],"h3",{"id":176},"step-1-extract-the-lsd","Step 1: Extract the LSD",[15,179,180],{},"Strip the three-digit event sequence and the two-digit suffix. Everything between the slashes is the LSD:",[182,183,184,190],"ul",{},[185,186,187,188],"li",{},"Full UWI: ",[52,189,54],{},[185,191,192,193],{},"LSD: ",[52,194,162],{},[15,196,197,198,201,202,204],{},"If you're working with a compact UWI (no slashes), remove the first three digits and the last two. ",[52,199,200],{},"10006320480700"," becomes ",[52,203,162],{}," the same way.",[174,206,208],{"id":207},"step-2-enter-the-lsd-into-township-canada","Step 2: Enter the LSD into Township Canada",[15,210,211,212,216],{},"Type the LSD into the ",[19,213,215],{"href":214},"\u002F","Township Canada search bar",". Any of these formats work:",[182,218,219,223,228],{},[185,220,221],{},[52,222,162],{},[185,224,225],{},[52,226,227],{},"LSD 6 Sec 32 Twp 48 Rge 7 W5M",[185,229,230],{},[52,231,232],{},"6-32-48-7-W5",[15,234,235],{},"Township Canada normalizes the input and returns GPS coordinates for the surface hole location, the parcel boundary on the DLS survey grid, and a satellite imagery overlay.",[174,237,239],{"id":238},"step-3-use-the-result","Step 3: Use the Result",[15,241,242],{},"From the result page you can:",[182,244,245,248,251,254],{},[185,246,247],{},"Copy the latitude and longitude directly into a routing app or field tablet",[185,249,250],{},"Get turn-by-turn directions to the well site",[185,252,253],{},"Export the location as KML, Shapefile, or GeoJSON for GIS use",[185,255,256],{},"Save it to a project for repeat access",[25,258,260],{"id":259},"bulk-conversion-processing-a-well-list","Bulk Conversion: Processing a Well List",[15,262,263],{},"One UWI at a time is fine for a single site visit. For an asset acquisition, a monthly inspection run, or a well database audit, batch processing is the right approach.",[15,265,266],{},[35,267,268],{},"The workflow:",[270,271,272,275,278,285],"ol",{},[185,273,274],{},"Extract the LSD segment from each UWI in your dataset (strip prefix and suffix)",[185,276,277],{},"Save the LSD column to a CSV",[185,279,280,281],{},"Upload to the ",[19,282,284],{"href":283},"\u002Flearn\u002Fhow-to\u002Fbatch-convert-legal-land-descriptions","batch converter",[185,286,287],{},"Download results as CSV, KML, Shapefile, or GeoJSON",[15,289,290,291,295,296,300],{},"A list of 500 LSDs processes in under a minute. Batch conversion is available on the ",[19,292,294],{"href":293},"\u002Fpricing","Business plan"," and through the Batch API. For data teams running conversion at scale inside Snowflake or Databricks, see the ",[19,297,299],{"href":298},"\u002Flearn\u002Fhow-to\u002Foil-gas-snowflake-dls-legal-land-description","SQL-native DLS enrichment guide",".",[25,302,304],{"id":303},"nts-based-uwis","NTS-Based UWIs",[15,306,307,308,311,312,315,316,320],{},"BC wells outside the Peace River DLS block use NTS references instead of LSDs. A UWI like ",[52,309,310],{},"100\u002F094B-12-A\u002F00"," has an NTS location segment (",[52,313,314],{},"094B-12-A",") — convert these using the ",[19,317,319],{"href":318},"\u002Flearn\u002Fhow-to\u002Fnts-to-gps-converter","NTS to GPS converter",". For BC wells near the DLS\u002FNTS boundary (the Peace River region), confirm which system applies before running the conversion.",[25,322,324],{"id":323},"common-mistakes","Common Mistakes",[15,326,327,330,331,333,334,336],{},[35,328,329],{},"Treating the event sequence as part of the location."," The ",[52,332,88],{}," prefix in ",[52,335,54],{}," is the well type code. Including it in the LSD search returns no result. Strip it before converting.",[15,338,339,342],{},[35,340,341],{},"Using the bottom-hole location."," The UWI encodes the surface location. For horizontal and directional wells, the bottom-hole LSD (where the well terminates in the reservoir) is different. For field navigation and surface lease work, you want the surface LSD — the one encoded in the UWI.",[15,344,345,348,349,352,353,355],{},[35,346,347],{},"Wrong meridian."," W4 and W5 are both active in Alberta and a one-digit meridian error shifts the location by hundreds of kilometres. The meridian is the final element in the LSD (",[52,350,351],{},"W5"," in ",[52,354,162],{},"). Always verify it against the original well licence before dispatching a crew or submitting a regulatory filing.",[15,357,358,359,300],{},"For the full picture of UWI structure — including NTS variants, event codes, compact format, and regulatory databases — see ",[19,360,361],{"href":21},"Unique Well Identifiers (UWI) in Canada",[25,363,365],{"id":364},"try-it-now","Try It Now",[15,367,368,369,371,372,376],{},"Enter ",[35,370,162],{}," into ",[19,373,375],{"href":374},"\u002F?example=06-32-048-07W5","Township Canada"," to locate this well surface on the DLS grid. The result places LSD 6, Section 32, Township 48, Range 7 W5M in the Pembina oil field near Drayton Valley — the GPS pin your field crew's navigation system needs.",[15,378,379,380,384,385,300],{},"For well site navigation and AER licence workflows, see ",[19,381,383],{"href":382},"\u002Flearn\u002Fhow-to\u002Fwell-site-gps-coordinates-alberta","Well Site GPS Coordinates Alberta",". For a broader look at how legal land descriptions flow through O&G operations — from well licensing to pipeline routing — see ",[19,386,388],{"href":387},"\u002Flearn\u002Fhow-to\u002Flegal-land-description-for-oil-and-gas","Legal Land Descriptions for Oil and Gas",{"title":390,"searchDepth":391,"depth":391,"links":392},"",2,[393,394,400,401,402,403],{"id":27,"depth":391,"text":28},{"id":171,"depth":391,"text":172,"children":395},[396,398,399],{"id":176,"depth":397,"text":177},3,{"id":207,"depth":397,"text":208},{"id":238,"depth":397,"text":239},{"id":259,"depth":391,"text":260},{"id":303,"depth":391,"text":304},{"id":323,"depth":391,"text":324},{"id":364,"depth":391,"text":365},null,{"label":406,"href":374},"Convert a UWI to GPS","Step-by-step guide to converting a UWI (Unique Well Identifier) to GPS coordinates. Covers individual lookups, bulk CSV workflows, and API integration for O&G data professionals.","md",[410,411,412,413,414,415],"uwi to gps","unique well identifier to gps","convert uwi to coordinates","uwi gps converter","aer well location gps","uwi coordinates alberta",{},true,"\u002Flearn\u002Fhow-to\u002Fuwi-to-gps",[21,166,420,387,283,382],"\u002Flearn\u002Fsystems\u002Fdls","how-to",{"title":5,"description":407},"learn\u002Fhow-to\u002Fuwi-to-gps",[425,426,96],"UWI","DLS","Q5bidRG31FouA5kOwVzSXN1IEheVZuZ6qNiIJRla9A8",[429,737,981],{"id":430,"title":431,"body":432,"category":421,"createdAt":404,"cta":404,"description":724,"extension":408,"icon":404,"industry":404,"keywords":725,"meta":731,"navigation":417,"path":283,"province":733,"relatedPages":404,"section":404,"seo":734,"stem":735,"systems":404,"updatedAt":404,"__hash__":736},"learn\u002Flearn\u002Fhow-to\u002Fbatch-convert-legal-land-descriptions.md","Batch Convert Legal Land Descriptions — Process Thousands of LLDs at Once",{"type":7,"value":433,"toc":712},[434,438,441,444,448,451,468,471,475,481,492,498,508,512,516,519,522,531,534,538,546,550,553,573,576,580,583,621,631,635,648,651,655,668,684,692,700],[10,435,437],{"id":436},"batch-convert-legal-land-descriptions-to-gps-coordinates","Batch Convert Legal Land Descriptions to GPS Coordinates",[15,439,440],{},"If you have a spreadsheet of legal land descriptions that need GPS coordinates, converting them one at a time is not practical. A pipeline company with 2,000 DLS locations for a route survey, an insurance firm triaging 500 claims after a hailstorm, or a land department reconciling quarterly well licence filings — each of these jobs starts with the same problem: a column of LSD or quarter section references that need to become latitude and longitude values.",[15,442,443],{},"Township Canada's batch converter handles this in a single upload.",[25,445,447],{"id":446},"what-the-batch-converter-does","What the Batch Converter Does",[15,449,450],{},"The batch converter accepts a CSV or spreadsheet containing legal land descriptions in any standard Canadian format — DLS, LSD, NTS, quarter section, or Geographic Township. It processes each row, calculates the GPS coordinates from official survey data, and returns the results as a downloadable file.",[15,452,453,454,456,457,456,460,463,464,467],{},"Input formats are flexible. You can upload descriptions like ",[52,455,162],{},", ",[52,458,459],{},"NE 14-032-21W4",[52,461,462],{},"NTS A-2-F\u002F93-P-8",", or ",[52,465,466],{},"Lot 12, Concession 3, Township of Essa"," — all in the same file. The converter identifies the survey system for each row automatically.",[15,469,470],{},"Output includes the original description, latitude, longitude, and a confidence flag for each record. Rows that don't match a known land parcel are flagged rather than silently dropped, so you know exactly which entries need review.",[25,472,474],{"id":473},"when-youd-need-batch-conversion","When You'd Need Batch Conversion",[15,476,477,480],{},[35,478,479],{},"Quarterly regulatory filings",": Oil and gas companies submit well location data to the AER, SK Ministry of Energy, or BC OGC using legal land descriptions. Before filing, teams often need to verify coordinates match the descriptions on record. Running the full list through batch conversion catches discrepancies before they become compliance issues.",[15,482,483,486,487,491],{},[35,484,485],{},"Post-event insurance triage",": After a major hailstorm in southern Alberta, an insurer might receive 300+ claims in a week, each referencing a quarter section or LSD. Plotting all of them on a map at once shows the geographic spread of damage and helps prioritize field adjuster routes. See our guide on ",[19,488,490],{"href":489},"\u002Fhow-to\u002Flegal-land-description-for-crop-insurance","how crop insurance uses legal land descriptions"," for more on this workflow.",[15,493,494,497],{},[35,495,496],{},"Farmland portfolio analysis",": Real estate firms or agricultural lenders managing hundreds of rural parcels need GPS coordinates for mapping, valuation, and due diligence. A CSV of quarter sections from land titles converts to a GeoJSON file that drops straight into GIS software.",[15,499,500,503,504,300],{},[35,501,502],{},"Survey project planning",": A surveying crew with 40 section corners to visit needs GPS coordinates for route planning. Upload the list, download as KML, and load it into a GPS device or mapping app. For individual lookups, see the ",[19,505,507],{"href":506},"\u002Fhow-to\u002Fsection-township-range-lookup","section township range lookup guide",[25,509,511],{"id":510},"how-to-batch-convert-with-township-canada","How to Batch Convert with Township Canada",[174,513,515],{"id":514},"step-1-prepare-your-file","Step 1: Prepare Your File",[15,517,518],{},"Create a CSV with one legal land description per row. The descriptions can be in any column — you'll select the right one after upload. If your file has headers, keep them; the converter will detect them.",[15,520,521],{},"A simple file might look like:",[523,524,529],"pre",{"className":525,"code":527,"language":528},[526],"language-text","location\n06-32-048-07W5\nNE 14-032-21W4\nSW 03-024-02W5\n11-22-034-04W4\n","text",[52,530,527],{"__ignoreMap":390},[15,532,533],{},"Mixed formats work too. DLS, LSD, NTS, and Ontario Geographic Township descriptions can all appear in the same column.",[174,535,537],{"id":536},"step-2-upload-to-the-batch-converter","Step 2: Upload to the Batch Converter",[15,539,540,541,545],{},"Go to the ",[19,542,544],{"href":543},"\u002Fapp\u002Fbatch","Township Canada batch converter"," and upload your CSV. Select the column containing the legal land descriptions. The converter previews the first few rows so you can confirm it picked the right data.",[174,547,549],{"id":548},"step-3-review-and-download-results","Step 3: Review and Download Results",[15,551,552],{},"Processing time depends on file size — a few hundred rows finish in seconds, and files with thousands of rows typically complete in under a minute. Once done, you can:",[182,554,555,561,567],{},[185,556,557,560],{},[35,558,559],{},"Preview"," results on an interactive map, with each point plotted at its GPS location",[185,562,563,566],{},[35,564,565],{},"Download"," as CSV (coordinates appended to your original data), KML, Shapefile, GeoJSON, or DXF",[185,568,569,572],{},[35,570,571],{},"Check"," the processing report for any rows that didn't match a known parcel",[15,574,575],{},"The processing report is especially useful for data cleanup. If 15 out of 2,000 rows fail, you can fix the formatting on just those 15 and re-run them rather than re-processing the entire file.",[25,577,579],{"id":578},"export-formats","Export Formats",[15,581,582],{},"The batch converter outputs in six formats, depending on where you need the data next:",[182,584,585,591,597,603,609,615],{},[185,586,587,590],{},[35,588,589],{},"CSV"," — for spreadsheets, databases, or further processing",[185,592,593,596],{},[35,594,595],{},"KML"," — for Google Earth and Google Maps",[185,598,599,602],{},[35,600,601],{},"Shapefile"," — for ArcGIS, QGIS, and other GIS platforms",[185,604,605,608],{},[35,606,607],{},"GeoJSON"," — for web maps and developer workflows",[185,610,611,614],{},[35,612,613],{},"DXF"," — for AutoCAD and CAD software",[185,616,617,620],{},[35,618,619],{},"PDF"," — for printed reports and documentation",[15,622,623,624,626,627,300],{},"Export formats beyond PDF require a ",[19,625,294],{"href":293},". For more on what you can do with downloaded results, see the ",[19,628,630],{"href":629},"\u002Fguides\u002Fdownload-results","download results guide",[25,632,634],{"id":633},"example-converting-a-lease-block","Example: Converting a Lease Block",[15,636,637,638,456,641,456,644,647],{},"An Alberta land department needs to convert 150 LSD locations for a lease block review near Drayton Valley. Their spreadsheet has entries like ",[52,639,640],{},"14-27-048-05W5",[52,642,643],{},"15-27-048-05W5",[52,645,646],{},"16-27-048-05W5"," — a cluster of LSDs in Township 48, Range 5, West of the 5th Meridian.",[15,649,650],{},"After uploading the CSV, the batch converter returns GPS coordinates for all 150 parcels in 12 seconds. The team downloads the results as a Shapefile, loads it into ArcGIS, and overlays it with pipeline and wellbore data. Three rows had typos (a township number that doesn't exist), which the processing report flagged for manual correction.",[25,652,654],{"id":653},"try-batch-conversion-now","Try Batch Conversion Now",[15,656,657,658,660,661,663,664,667],{},"Upload your own CSV to the ",[19,659,544],{"href":543}," and get GPS coordinates for every legal land description in your file. Or start with a single conversion — enter ",[35,662,162],{}," into the ",[19,665,666],{"href":214},"search bar"," to see how it works.",[15,669,670,671,674,675,679,680,300],{},"Batch conversion is available on ",[19,672,673],{"href":293},"Business plans",". For converting locations one at a time, see the ",[19,676,678],{"href":677},"\u002Fhow-to\u002Flsd-finder","LSD finder"," or ",[19,681,683],{"href":682},"\u002Fhow-to\u002Fdls-to-gps-converter","DLS to GPS converter",[15,685,686,687,691],{},"If your data already lives in Snowflake or Databricks, you can skip the CSV step entirely — Township Canada's ",[19,688,690],{"href":689},"\u002Fblog\u002Fsnowflake-dls-enrichment","Snowflake External Function"," converts DLS locations to GPS coordinates directly inside SQL queries.",[15,693,694,695,699],{},"For developers building batch conversion into their own applications, the ",[19,696,698],{"href":697},"\u002Fblog\u002Fintegrate-legal-land-description-api-canada","API integration tutorial"," covers the Batch API endpoint with code examples.",[15,701,702,703,707,708,711],{},"If your data lives in Google Sheets, the ",[19,704,706],{"href":705},"\u002Fblog\u002Fgoogle-sheets-add-on-convert-legal-land-descriptions","Township Canada Google Sheets Add-On"," converts legal land descriptions to GPS coordinates directly in your spreadsheet — type ",[52,709,710],{},"=TOWNSHIP(A1)"," in any cell or use the sidebar batch converter for up to 200 descriptions at once.",{"title":390,"searchDepth":391,"depth":391,"links":713},[714,715,716,721,722,723],{"id":446,"depth":391,"text":447},{"id":473,"depth":391,"text":474},{"id":510,"depth":391,"text":511,"children":717},[718,719,720],{"id":514,"depth":397,"text":515},{"id":536,"depth":397,"text":537},{"id":548,"depth":397,"text":549},{"id":578,"depth":391,"text":579},{"id":633,"depth":391,"text":634},{"id":653,"depth":391,"text":654},"Convert hundreds or thousands of legal land descriptions to GPS coordinates at once. Upload a CSV and get results in seconds.",[726,727,728,729,730],"batch convert legal land descriptions","bulk lsd to gps","batch lld converter","convert multiple land descriptions","csv legal land description conversion",{"system":732},"dls","alberta",{"title":431,"description":724},"learn\u002Fhow-to\u002Fbatch-convert-legal-land-descriptions","Q0bvX5JmDbZSn5Pb2GGiJI_sslAYimgigbAUQ0l55AY",{"id":738,"title":739,"body":740,"category":421,"createdAt":404,"cta":404,"description":967,"extension":408,"icon":404,"industry":968,"keywords":969,"meta":976,"navigation":417,"path":387,"province":733,"relatedPages":404,"section":404,"seo":978,"stem":979,"systems":404,"updatedAt":404,"__hash__":980},"learn\u002Flearn\u002Fhow-to\u002Flegal-land-description-for-oil-and-gas.md","Legal Land Descriptions for Oil and Gas — DLS and LSD Conversion Guide",{"type":7,"value":741,"toc":955},[742,746,749,752,756,759,766,773,776,780,784,787,798,804,808,811,821,825,828,836,840,851,855,858,895,905,912,916,919,922,926,934,948],[10,743,745],{"id":744},"legal-land-descriptions-for-oil-and-gas-professionals","Legal Land Descriptions for Oil and Gas Professionals",[15,747,748],{},"Every well licence, pipeline application, and surface lease in western Canada is identified by a legal land description. The Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) alone tracks over 672,000 wells — each one tied to an LSD address. If you work in oil and gas land administration, regulatory compliance, or field operations, converting between LSD notation and GPS coordinates is something you do daily.",[15,750,751],{},"This guide covers how legal land descriptions work in the oil and gas context and how to convert them accurately using Township Canada.",[25,753,755],{"id":754},"how-oil-and-gas-uses-legal-land-descriptions","How Oil and Gas Uses Legal Land Descriptions",[15,757,758],{},"The Dominion Land Survey grid is the addressing system for the western Canadian energy industry. Well licences, facility licences, pipeline permits, and surface lease agreements all reference locations using DLS notation: LSD, Section, Township, Range, and Meridian.",[15,760,761,762,765],{},"A typical well licence surface location looks like ",[35,763,764],{},"LSD 14-27-048-05W5"," — Legal Subdivision 14, Section 27, Township 48, Range 5, West of the 5th Meridian. That 40-acre parcel sits near Drayton Valley, Alberta, in a producing region of the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin.",[15,767,768,769,772],{},"The Unique Well Identifier (UWI) embeds the legal land description directly. A UWI like ",[52,770,771],{},"100\u002F14-27-048-05W5\u002F00"," breaks down as: event sequence (100), then the LSD location (14-27-048-05W5), then the well ID suffix (00). The middle portion is the GPS target for any field crew heading to the site.",[15,774,775],{},"Saskatchewan and Manitoba follow the same DLS system, with the SK Ministry of Energy and Resources and the Manitoba Petroleum Branch using LSD references for well and facility tracking. British Columbia uses NTS (National Topographic System) grid references for most locations, plus DLS in the Peace River region.",[25,777,779],{"id":778},"common-oil-and-gas-workflows","Common Oil and Gas Workflows",[174,781,783],{"id":782},"well-licence-processing","Well Licence Processing",[15,785,786],{},"A new AER well licence arrives with surface location LSD 09-15-062-20W5. The land department needs to:",[270,788,789,792,795],{},[185,790,791],{},"Confirm the LSD is in the correct land block",[185,793,794],{},"Get GPS coordinates for the field crew's navigation system",[185,796,797],{},"Check proximity to existing wells and infrastructure",[15,799,800,801,803],{},"Enter the LSD into ",[19,802,375],{"href":214}," and get the latitude and longitude in seconds. The result shows the parcel on both the survey grid and satellite imagery, making it easy to verify the location against internal maps.",[174,805,807],{"id":806},"pipeline-route-surveys","Pipeline Route Surveys",[15,809,810],{},"A pipeline application from Edson to Whitecourt covers 80 kilometres and crosses dozens of sections. The regulatory filing lists every LSD along the proposed route. Before survey crews head out, the engineering team needs GPS coordinates for each crossing point.",[15,812,813,814,816,817,300],{},"Upload the full list of LSDs to the ",[19,815,284],{"href":543}," and download the results as a KML file. Load it into Google Earth or a field GPS system and the entire route appears as a series of plotted points. For details on processing bulk files, see the ",[19,818,820],{"href":819},"\u002Fhow-to\u002Fbatch-convert-legal-land-descriptions","batch conversion guide",[174,822,824],{"id":823},"quarterly-reporting-and-compliance","Quarterly Reporting and Compliance",[15,826,827],{},"Every quarter, operators submit production data, inspection results, and compliance reports referencing hundreds of well locations. Verifying that the DLS references in these reports match actual coordinates catches errors before they become regulatory issues.",[15,829,830,831,835],{},"Run the complete location list through batch conversion. The processing report flags any descriptions that don't resolve to a valid parcel — a transposed township number, a range that doesn't exist, or a meridian error. Fix those before filing rather than receiving a rejection notice from the regulator. Surface lease applications demand the same diligence: if the LSD in the IAR submission doesn't match the signed Surface Lease Agreement, the AER will reject the filing and the executed agreement becomes void. See ",[19,832,834],{"href":833},"\u002Fblog\u002Fsurface-lease-legal-land-descriptions-aer-filings","Surface Lease Legal Land Descriptions: What Alberta Landmen Need to Know Before AER Filings"," for a detailed walkthrough.",[174,837,839],{"id":838},"field-crew-dispatch","Field Crew Dispatch",[15,841,842,843,846,847,300],{},"A wellsite supervisor calls in: there's a problem at ",[52,844,845],{},"NW 22-054-12W5",". The field crew needs to be on-site within two hours, but the crew lead has never been to this location. Converting the quarter section to GPS and getting driving directions from their current position takes about 15 seconds with Township Canada's ",[19,848,850],{"href":849},"\u002Fguides\u002Fdirections","directions feature",[25,852,854],{"id":853},"the-meridian-matters","The Meridian Matters",[15,856,857],{},"Western Canada's DLS grid is organized by meridians. Getting the meridian wrong doesn't just put you in the wrong township — it shifts the location by hundreds of kilometres.",[182,859,860,866,871,877,883,889],{},[185,861,862,865],{},[35,863,864],{},"W4"," (4th Meridian): Eastern Alberta, along the Saskatchewan border",[185,867,868,870],{},[35,869,351],{}," (5th Meridian): Central and west-central Alberta, the heart of conventional oil and gas",[185,872,873,876],{},[35,874,875],{},"W6"," (6th Meridian): Western Alberta and the BC Peace River region",[185,878,879,882],{},[35,880,881],{},"W2"," (2nd Meridian): Eastern Saskatchewan",[185,884,885,888],{},[35,886,887],{},"W3"," (3rd Meridian): Western Saskatchewan",[185,890,891,894],{},[35,892,893],{},"W1"," (1st Meridian): Manitoba",[15,896,897,898,900,901,904],{},"If a well licence says ",[52,899,640],{}," and someone enters ",[52,902,903],{},"14-27-048-05W4",", the field crew ends up near Consort instead of Drayton Valley — a 250-kilometre mistake. Always verify the meridian against the source document.",[15,906,907,908,300],{},"For a deeper explanation of how townships, ranges, and meridians fit together, see our guide on ",[19,909,911],{"href":910},"\u002Fhow-to\u002Ftownship-range-meridian-explained","township, range, and meridian explained",[25,913,915],{"id":914},"aer-directive-089-and-emerging-energy","AER Directive 089 and Emerging Energy",[15,917,918],{},"Alberta's regulatory scope is expanding beyond conventional oil and gas. AER Directive 089 covers geothermal resource development, and lithium extraction from oilfield brines is growing across the province. Both use the same DLS addressing system — geothermal well permits reference LSDs just like conventional wells do.",[15,920,921],{},"If your organization is moving into geothermal, lithium, or hydrogen projects in Alberta, the location workflows are identical. An LSD on a geothermal licence converts to GPS coordinates the same way as on a conventional well licence.",[25,923,925],{"id":924},"try-it-with-a-real-well-location","Try It with a Real Well Location",[15,927,368,928,663,930,933],{},[35,929,640],{},[19,931,932],{"href":214},"Township Canada converter"," to see the result. That's LSD 14, Section 27, Township 48, Range 5, W5M — a parcel in the Drayton Valley area that appears in hundreds of AER records.",[15,935,936,937,939,940,942,943,945,946,300],{},"For looking up individual LSDs, use the ",[19,938,678],{"href":677},". For broader DLS lookups at the section or quarter section level, try the ",[19,941,683],{"href":682},". And if you have a spreadsheet of locations to process, the ",[19,944,284],{"href":543}," handles thousands of records at once on a ",[19,947,294],{"href":293},[15,949,950,951,954],{},"For data teams running Snowflake or Databricks, Township Canada also offers ",[19,952,953],{"href":689},"SQL-native DLS enrichment"," — convert well locations to GPS coordinates directly in your warehouse queries.",{"title":390,"searchDepth":391,"depth":391,"links":956},[957,958,964,965,966],{"id":754,"depth":391,"text":755},{"id":778,"depth":391,"text":779,"children":959},[960,961,962,963],{"id":782,"depth":397,"text":783},{"id":806,"depth":397,"text":807},{"id":823,"depth":397,"text":824},{"id":838,"depth":397,"text":839},{"id":853,"depth":391,"text":854},{"id":914,"depth":391,"text":915},{"id":924,"depth":391,"text":925},"How oil and gas professionals convert DLS and LSD legal land descriptions to GPS coordinates for well licences, pipeline routes, and AER filings.","oil-and-gas",[970,971,972,973,974,975],"oil and gas legal land description","lsd to gps oil and gas","aer well licence location","dls conversion oil and gas","well site legal land description","uwi legal land description",{"system":977},"lsd",{"title":739,"description":967},"learn\u002Fhow-to\u002Flegal-land-description-for-oil-and-gas","HgP9uv9jx20IyTilS4nI5Sg_3i3TusqZEGoEXmkqsmg",{"id":982,"title":983,"body":984,"category":404,"createdAt":404,"cta":1249,"description":1251,"extension":408,"icon":404,"industry":404,"keywords":1252,"meta":1258,"navigation":417,"path":382,"province":404,"relatedPages":1259,"section":421,"seo":1261,"stem":1262,"systems":1263,"updatedAt":404,"__hash__":1264},"learn\u002Flearn\u002Fhow-to\u002Fwell-site-gps-coordinates-alberta.md","Well Site GPS Coordinates Alberta — Convert AER Well Licence Locations",{"type":7,"value":985,"toc":1235},[986,990,993,996,1000,1007,1014,1017,1021,1025,1035,1039,1045,1061,1068,1072,1075,1101,1105,1108,1114,1117,1121,1124,1139,1147,1151,1171,1175,1178,1185,1189,1222,1226],[10,987,989],{"id":988},"well-site-gps-coordinates-alberta-convert-aer-well-licence-locations-to-navigation-ready-coordinates","Well Site GPS Coordinates Alberta: Convert AER Well Licence Locations to Navigation-Ready Coordinates",[15,991,992],{},"Your field crew has six well site inspections scheduled today. Each AER well licence lists the surface location as an LSD — something like 14-27-048-05W5. That means nothing to a truck GPS. You need latitude and longitude coordinates to actually get there.",[15,994,995],{},"Every Alberta well licence issued by the Alberta Energy Regulator uses DLS legal land descriptions as the official surface location. Converting those descriptions to well site GPS coordinates in Alberta is a daily task for field supervisors, pumpers, environmental consultants, and anyone dispatching crews to well sites across the province.",[25,997,999],{"id":998},"why-well-sites-use-legal-land-descriptions-instead-of-gps","Why Well Sites Use Legal Land Descriptions Instead of GPS",[15,1001,1002,1003,1006],{},"Alberta's oil and gas regulatory system was built on the ",[19,1004,1005],{"href":420},"Dominion Land Survey"," grid. The AER, Alberta's land titles system, and mineral rights records all reference locations using DLS descriptions — specifically LSDs (Legal Subdivisions) that identify 40-acre parcels.",[15,1008,1009,1010,1013],{},"A well licence surface location like ",[35,1011,1012],{},"LSD 06-32-048-07W5"," tells you exactly which 40-acre parcel the well pad sits on: Legal Subdivision 6, Section 32, Township 48, Range 7, West of the 5th Meridian. That's west-central Alberta, near Rocky Mountain House.",[15,1015,1016],{},"The DLS grid is precise for regulatory purposes, but field crews need coordinates their GPS devices can read. That's where conversion comes in.",[25,1018,1020],{"id":1019},"how-to-get-gps-coordinates-for-an-alberta-well-site","How to Get GPS Coordinates for an Alberta Well Site",[174,1022,1024],{"id":1023},"step-1-find-the-lsd-on-the-well-licence","Step 1: Find the LSD on the Well Licence",[15,1026,1027,1028,1031,1032,1034],{},"Every AER well licence includes the surface location in the UWI (Unique Well Identifier). A UWI like ",[35,1029,1030],{},"100\u002F14-27-048-05W5\u002F0"," contains the LSD: ",[35,1033,640],{},". Pull that component out — it's the location you need to convert.",[174,1036,1038],{"id":1037},"step-2-convert-to-gps-coordinates","Step 2: Convert to GPS Coordinates",[15,1040,800,1041,1044],{},[19,1042,1043],{"href":214},"Township Canada's search tool",". Type it in any format:",[182,1046,1047,1051,1056],{},[185,1048,1049],{},[52,1050,640],{},[185,1052,1053],{},[52,1054,1055],{},"LSD 14 Sec 27 Twp 48 Rge 5 W5M",[185,1057,1058],{},[52,1059,1060],{},"14-27-48-5-W5",[15,1062,1063,1064,1067],{},"The tool returns the centre-point GPS coordinates — approximately ",[35,1065,1066],{},"52.3725°N, 114.7983°W"," for this example — along with a map showing the parcel boundary.",[174,1069,1071],{"id":1070},"step-3-navigate-to-the-site","Step 3: Navigate to the Site",[15,1073,1074],{},"From the result, you can:",[182,1076,1077,1083,1089,1095],{},[185,1078,1079,1082],{},[35,1080,1081],{},"Get turn-by-turn directions"," directly to the well site centre point",[185,1084,1085,1088],{},[35,1086,1087],{},"Export as GPX"," for handheld GPS devices (Garmin, Trimble)",[185,1090,1091,1094],{},[35,1092,1093],{},"Copy coordinates"," to paste into any navigation app",[185,1096,1097,1100],{},[35,1098,1099],{},"Save the location"," for repeat visits",[25,1102,1104],{"id":1103},"converting-multiple-well-sites-at-once","Converting Multiple Well Sites at Once",[15,1106,1107],{},"A single well licence is quick. But a field supervisor planning a week of inspections across 30 well sites — or a land department reviewing 200 active wells for an asset sale — needs something faster than one-at-a-time lookups.",[15,1109,1110,1111,1113],{},"Township Canada's ",[19,1112,284],{"href":283}," accepts a CSV file or pasted list of up to 5,000 LSD descriptions and returns GPS coordinates for all of them. Upload your well list, get back a spreadsheet with lat\u002Flng pairs ready for routing software, GIS, or field tablets.",[15,1115,1116],{},"Export options include CSV, KML (for Google Earth visualization), Shapefile (for ArcGIS), and GeoJSON.",[25,1118,1120],{"id":1119},"example-planning-a-well-site-route","Example: Planning a Well Site Route",[15,1122,1123],{},"Say your morning inspection route covers five wells in the Pembina field:",[182,1125,1126,1128,1130,1133,1136],{},[185,1127,162],{},[185,1129,640],{},[185,1131,1132],{},"03-15-042-04W5",[185,1134,1135],{},"11-22-043-04W5",[185,1137,1138],{},"09-34-044-05W5",[15,1140,1141,1142,1146],{},"Enter all five into Township Canada. The ",[19,1143,1145],{"href":1144},"\u002Fapp\u002Froute-planner","route planner"," optimizes the driving order and gives you turn-by-turn directions between stops — no manual coordinate entry required.",[25,1148,1150],{"id":1149},"common-mistakes-with-alberta-well-site-coordinates","Common Mistakes with Alberta Well Site Coordinates",[182,1152,1153,1159,1165],{},[185,1154,1155,1158],{},[35,1156,1157],{},"Wrong meridian",": W4 and W5 split Alberta roughly along Highway 2. Entering W4 when you mean W5 shifts the location hundreds of kilometres east. Always confirm the meridian from the original licence document.",[185,1160,1161,1164],{},[35,1162,1163],{},"Transposed LSD and section",": Writing 32-06 instead of 06-32 points to a different section entirely. The format is always LSD first, then section.",[185,1166,1167,1170],{},[35,1168,1169],{},"Using the bottom-hole location",": Some directional wells have a surface location that differs from the bottom-hole. For navigation, you want the surface location — the first LSD in the UWI.",[25,1172,1174],{"id":1173},"why-field-crews-choose-township-canada","Why Field Crews Choose Township Canada",[15,1176,1177],{},"The AER's own DLS lookup tool exists, but it handles one location at a time with no navigation export. SCADALink and similar enterprise tools cost over $1,000 per year per seat.",[15,1179,1180,1181,1184],{},"Township Canada converts any LSD in Alberta, Saskatchewan, British Columbia, or Manitoba — starting at $20 per month. Batch conversion, route planning, GPX export, and a native mobile app for field use are all included at the appropriate tier. ",[19,1182,1183],{"href":293},"See pricing"," to find the right plan for your team.",[25,1186,1188],{"id":1187},"related-guides","Related Guides",[182,1190,1191,1197,1203,1209,1215],{},[185,1192,1193,1196],{},[19,1194,683],{"href":1195},"\u002Flearn\u002Fhow-to\u002Fdls-to-gps-converter"," — full guide to converting Dominion Land Survey descriptions",[185,1198,1199,1202],{},[19,1200,678],{"href":1201},"\u002Flearn\u002Fhow-to\u002Flsd-finder"," — find any Legal Subdivision in western Canada",[185,1204,1205,1208],{},[19,1206,1207],{"href":387},"Legal land descriptions for oil and gas"," — broader guide to O&G land description workflows",[185,1210,1211,1214],{},[19,1212,1213],{"href":283},"Batch convert legal land descriptions"," — process hundreds of locations at once",[185,1216,1217,1221],{},[19,1218,1220],{"href":1219},"\u002Fblog\u002Fuwi-to-gps-developers-guide","UWI to GPS: The O&G Developer's Guide"," — Snowflake SQL, CSV batch, and Search API workflows for data engineers",[25,1223,1225],{"id":1224},"convert-your-well-site-locations-now","Convert Your Well Site Locations Now",[15,1227,1228,1229,371,1231,1234],{},"Try it — enter ",[35,1230,640],{},[19,1232,375],{"href":1233},"\u002F?example=14-27-048-05W5"," and get well site GPS coordinates for Alberta locations in seconds. Or upload your full well list to the batch converter and have navigation-ready coordinates for every site in under a minute.",{"title":390,"searchDepth":391,"depth":391,"links":1236},[1237,1238,1243,1244,1245,1246,1247,1248],{"id":998,"depth":391,"text":999},{"id":1019,"depth":391,"text":1020,"children":1239},[1240,1241,1242],{"id":1023,"depth":397,"text":1024},{"id":1037,"depth":397,"text":1038},{"id":1070,"depth":397,"text":1071},{"id":1103,"depth":391,"text":1104},{"id":1119,"depth":391,"text":1120},{"id":1149,"depth":391,"text":1150},{"id":1173,"depth":391,"text":1174},{"id":1187,"depth":391,"text":1188},{"id":1224,"depth":391,"text":1225},{"label":1250,"href":1233},"Convert a well site location","Convert Alberta well site legal land descriptions to GPS coordinates. 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