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2. Public Land Survey System - Wikipedia

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   The Public Land Survey System ( PLSS) is the surveying method developed and used in the United States to plat, or divide, real property for sale and settling. Also known as the Rectangular Survey System, it was created by the Land Ordinance of 1785 to survey land ceded to the United States by the Treaty of Paris in 1783, following the end of ...

3. Topographic map - Wikipedia

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   In modern mapping, a topographic map or topographic sheet is a type of map characterized by large- scale detail and quantitative representation of relief features, usually using contour lines (connecting points of equal elevation), but historically using a variety of methods. Traditional definitions require a topographic map to show both ...

4. Section (United States land surveying) - Wikipedia

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   History. The existence of section lines made property descriptions far more straightforward than the old metes and bounds system. The establishment of standard east-west and north-south lines ("township" and "range lines") meant that deeds could be written without regard to temporary terrain features such as trees, piles of rocks, fences, and the like, and be worded in the style such as "Lying ...

5. Lot and block survey system - Wikipedia

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   Lot and block survey system. A contemporary plat map used in the lot and block system. The lot and block survey system is a method used in the United States and Canada to locate and identify land, particularly for lots in densely populated metropolitan areas, suburban areas and exurbs. It is sometimes referred to as the recorded plat survey ...

6. Boundary (real estate) - Wikipedia

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   A property marker outside the United Nations building in New York City. A unit of real estate or immovable property is limited by a legal boundary (sometimes also referred to as a property line, lot line or bounds ). The boundary (in Latin: limes) may appear as a discontinuation in the terrain: a ditch, a bank, a hedge, a wall, or similar, but ...

7. Plat - Wikipedia

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   Plat. A plat map that shows the location of a lot for sale. In the United States, a plat ( / plæt / [1] or / plɑːt /) [2] ( plan) is a cadastral map, drawn to scale, showing the divisions of a piece of land. United States General Land Office surveyors drafted township plats of Public Lands Surveys to show the distance and bearing between ...