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UNDERSTANDING AND DRAFTING METES & BOUNDS DESCRIPTIONS IN A GIS Kyle Souza TractBuilder

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Page 1: Understanding And Drafting Metes & Bounds Descriptions

UNDERSTANDING AND DRAFTING METES & BOUNDS

DESCRIPTIONS IN A GIS

Kyle SouzaTractBuilder

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What is a GIS? Geographic Information System Computerized Mapping Data that has “Place”

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What is GIS Drafting? Mapping a Legal Description in a GIS

environment

Commonly:Individual PropertiesPolitical BoundariesAreas of Interest

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What is a Legal Description? The official written words which

delineate a specific piece of real property.

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Metes & Bounds A legal description where the boundaries

are described by working around the parcel of the land in sequence, starting with a point of beginning, then describing individual calls, and finally returning back to the point of beginning.

Metes & Bounds on Wikipedia

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Example Description 1Sec. 24, T16S, R24W: 3.33 acres, more or less, described as beginning at the SW/c of the NW/4 of the SE/4 of said Section 3, thence East along the Subdivision line 14 chains and 65 links, thence South 50 Yards, thence West 14 chains and 65 links; thence North 50 yards to the point of beginning, AND 10.00 acres, more or less, described as commencing at the NW/c of SE/4 of said Section 3, thence South 7 chains and 89 links to the point of beginning, thence South 12 chains and 11 links, thence East 14 chains and 65 links, thence North 1 chain and 66 links, thence North 54 degrees 30 minutes West 18 chains to the point of beginning, all located in Lamar County, Alabama.

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Example Description 2BEING 160.0 acres of land, more or less out of BLOCK FIVE of the Laura Driscoll Thomson Estate Ranch as recorded in Volume 3, Page 49 of the Map Records of Bee County, Texas, said 160.0 acres tract, as shown in the attached "EXHIBIT A", being more particularly described as follows;

 COMMENCING at a found 5/8 inch iron rod in the south line of said BLOCK FIVE said iron rod being S 89°07'17" W 79.00 feet from the centerline of the Aransas River;

THENCE, with said south line, S 89°07'17" W 1317.19 feet to a point; 

THENCE, leaving said south line, N 00°52'43" W 5413.85 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING; 

THENCE, with the perimeter of this 160.0 acre tract, 

West 2350.89 feet to a point,North 3486.28 feet to a point,East 1133.40 feet to a point on the west bank of the Aransas River;

THENCE, with the meanders of said bank, 

S 23°18'29" E 773.37 feet to a point,S 32°11'08" E 295.36 feet to a point,S 33°14'14" E 140.40 feet to a point,S 64°58'31" E 100.36 feet to a point,S 29°49'41" E 147.93 feet to a point,S 58°22'28" E 559.96 feet to a point,S 78°46'10" E 36.59 feet to a point;

 THENCE, leaving said west bank, South 1937.09 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING, and containing 160.0 acres of land, more or less.

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Different Types of MeasurementsCommon Units in Texas Uncommon Units in Texas

Inches Feet Yards Miles Varas Links Chains Poles Rods

Meters Kilometers Furlongs Arpents

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Different Types Of Calls Direction / Bearing

Most Common Curve

Arc LengthDeltaChord

XY

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Curve Call ExampleBeginning at - (WGS84) 95.345614547757,29.7135918170302Thence north 70degrees 56minutes 34 seconds west 45.87 feetThence north 19 degrees 14minutes 50 seconds east 121.08 feetThence along a curve to the right with a radius of 131.58 feet and a chord bearing south 43.3008 and east 110.78 feetThence south 56 degrees 05 minutes 51 seconds W 87.73 feet to the point of beginning

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Finding the Starting Position XY or Lat/Long Reference Point

Survey CornersOther propertiesLandmarks○ Intersections (roads)○ Aerials

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Things You Will Run Into Commencing At… Unclear Point of Beginning Missing Calls

RiversRoads

Closure Errors

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Abilities To Look For in a Tool Change Individual Calls

Mix Call Types for a Single Feature

Mix Drafting Methods for a Single Feature

Text-to-Polygon Conversion

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Some Tools on the Market ArcView

Traverse ToolTractBuilder Metes & Bounds Tool

Stand-AloneEverest GIS

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Metes & Bounds in a GIS

SINGLE FEATURE WITH CALLS

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Metes & Bounds in a GIS

MULTIPLE FEATURES

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TractBuilder Products & Services

Drafting Web Portals Tools for ArcView Data Provider

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UNDERSTANDING AND DRAFTING METES & BOUNDS

DESCRIPTIONS IN A GIS

Kyle SouzaTractBuilder