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Metes and Bounds Deed Plotting Software Features

Land Plotter Data Entry
Easy to use data entry form

Enter lines, curves, azimuths, compass points and section calls. Data can be entered using the convenient Data Entry Form or freehand using word processor style entry. Deed plots can also be easily drawn by hand using the call drawing tool.
Automatic Deed Plots
Automatic Plots from Legal Description

The software can pull most calls from a legal description. Just load the description text into the Deed Cleanup Tool and the software will enter the calls for you automatically.
Lot Plotter Multiple Plots
Multiple Deed Layers

Layers allow you to have multiple lots plotted on a single drawing. Layers can be free floating or locked to a common starting point.
Fix Land Closing Errors
Closing Error Analyzer Tool

The deed plot closing error analyzer tool can look for common entry or survey errors and offer suggestions on how to correct them.
Merge Land Plots
Merge Layers

Layers can be easily merged into a single layer using the Merge Layer Tools.
Land Plotting Measurement Tool
Easy to use Measuring Tool

Measure the distance between any two points on the screen.
Plot Calculations
Square Feet, Acres, Hectares, perimeter distance and more.

Plot Closing Errors
Calculate closure errors: closing error ratios and the call needed to close the plot. Apply Compass Rule Adjustments.
Land Plotting Call Lists
Call Lists

Lot drawings can include call lists, endpoint lists and layer information lists.
Land Plotter Software Toolbar
Customizable Toolbar

Create an interface that fits to your workflow.
Land Plotting Lat/Long Importing
Waypoints to Metes and Bounds Calls

Convert a set of X,Y data points or Latitude/Longitude coordinates into a list of deed plotting calls. Calculate values such as the distance between two waypoints. Add GPS waypoints and tracks to your deed plots.
Multiple Measurement Types

Data can be inputted using feet, meters, rods, chains and many other measurement types. There should be a measurement type for any of your plotting needs.
Recognition

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Land Plotting Background Maps
Background Pictures

Background pictures can be set to scale with your plot drawing. Background picture scale settings can be automatically set using World Files.
Land Plotting Google Earth
Real-world Latitude and Longitude Coordinates

Enter the latitude and longitude for a plot's Point Of Beginning (POB) and the software will calculate the latitude and longitude for each of the other end points. A plot's POB lat/long can also be set by UTM datum or World Files.
Subdivide Land Plots
Subdivide Land Plots: Split a single plot into multiple plots.

Subdivide the plot by hand, or choose a starting point and let the software find the nearest halves automatically for you.
Lot Sections
Create Section Drawings

Create drawings from section data. Section data can be converted to metes and bounds calls.
Lot Plotting Labels
Automatic and Custom Labeling

Each line can be automatically labeled with the length and call. End points can be marked for easier recognition. End points can also be labeled with information like the interior/exterior angles and Lat/Long coordinates. Custom labels can be rotated in any direction. Search feature can be used to find which layers contain which labels.
Auto-Completion of Drawing

If you're missing the final segment of your legal description, let the software find the call for you. Have a bad or missing call? Enter a question mark (?) for the call and let the software find the missing call for you. Close drawings using Bearing-Bearing Intersections and Distance-Distance Intersections or Compass Rule.
Land Plotting GPS Points
Custom X,Y Points

Use custom X,Y points to mark and label unique land features on the deed plot.
Land Plotting Shapefiles
Interoperability: Our Metes and Bounds land plotting software has been designed to be as compatible with as many different systems and programs as possible.

Exporting: Deed Plot data can be exported as DXF files, KML Files, CSV files, Shapefiles(.shp) and more. Export real-world X,Y coordinates for integration with other mapping software such as CAD or GIS software.

Importing: Deed Plotting data can be import from many types of DXF files, KML files, CSV files Shapefiles(.shp), GeoJSON and more.
Call lists can be formatted for importing or exporting from Metes and Bounds with other deed plotting software such as Net Deed Plotter® by Greenbrier Graphics, LLC.
Print Lot Lines
Printing

Land plot printouts can include items such as drawing borders, a north arrow and a customizable title block.

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