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Tools for ArcView
Overview
TractBuilder Tools for ArcView increase the efficiency and accuracy for creating GIS
features based on metes & bounds descriptions and Public Land Survey System
(PLSS) aliquots, commonly known as quartering descriptions.
At least 30 of the western and southern states in the United States use what is known
as the Public Land Survey System (PLSS). The PLSS divides the surface of the earth
into thirty-six square mile areas called townships that are further broken into sections
that are one square mile each.
The remaining areas use metes & bounds descriptions to describe areas of land. A
metes & bounds description typically includes direction/bearing calls, but may contain
XY points and curve calls. Since metes & bounds legal description are found in a
variety of formats, converting them to GIS features can be challenging without the right
tools.
The map below shows what type of description is most commonly used in the United
States.
Overview
TractBuilder Tools for ArcView increase the efficiency and accuracy for creating GIS
features based on metes & bounds descriptions and Public Land Survey System
(PLSS) aliquots, commonly known as quartering descriptions.
At least 30 of the western and southern states in the United States use what is known
as the Public Land Survey System (PLSS). The PLSS divides the surface of the earth
into thirty-six square mile areas called townships that are further broken into sections
that are one square mile each.
The remaining areas use metes & bounds descriptions to describe areas of land. A
metes & bounds description typically includes direction/bearing calls, but may contain
XY points and curve calls. Since metes & bounds legal description are found in a
variety of formats, converting them to GIS features can be challenging without the right
tools.
The map below shows what type of description is most commonly used in the United
States.
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1. Quartering Tool
2. Metes/Bounds Tool
3. Download Demo
4. Buy Now
1. Quartering Tool
2. Metes/Bounds Tool
3. Download Demo
4. Buy Now
TractBuilder Tools for ArcView leverage time-proven
methods for effectively and efficiently transforming a
written legal description into electronic map data.
Unlike many programs that draw plats of legal
descriptions, TractBuilder Tools work with real world data.
If you have ever worked on PLSS aliquots then you know
that sections are rarely perfect squares like most
programs assume. That is why TractBuilder tools base
the resulting GIS features from base maps that may
contain odd-sizes sections as shown below.
methods for effectively and efficiently transforming a
written legal description into electronic map data.
Unlike many programs that draw plats of legal
descriptions, TractBuilder Tools work with real world data.
If you have ever worked on PLSS aliquots then you know
that sections are rarely perfect squares like most
programs assume. That is why TractBuilder tools base
the resulting GIS features from base maps that may
contain odd-sizes sections as shown below.
Click here for more information on the Quartering
Tool
Click here for more information on the Metes &
Bounds Tool
Tool
Click here for more information on the Metes &
Bounds Tool