Deed-Plotter will start, select the 'File: Open...' option to specify the file that holds the description we want to evaluate:

Find the document containing the survey description, highlight the file and press 'Open':

Deed-Plotter will display the survey description, press the 'Test' button to highlight significant elements:

Press the 'Convert Calls' button, Deed-Plotter+ will convert the text description to a series of 'Calls':

Finally press 'F2' to display an outline of the property:

the tract acreage:

and the survey's Precision Ratio:

Printing the survey from Deed-Plotter+ generates a nice printout detailing all the calls, acreage, :

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To overlay this lot on a topographic map, use the Deed-Plotter+™ 'Map: Save as .dxf' option:

and save the file (Deed-Plotter+ automatically places the .dxf in the same location as the .des deed file and .txt source file.)

Start All Topo Maps, use the 'Find Place' tool to jump to the correct township:

Find the North East corner of Section 23, drop down to the 1/4 section line and position the bombsite cursor over the 1/4 section mark:

Press F2 to insert an annotation, then select the 'Deed Plotter' tab, use the '...' button to browse for the .DXF file:

This deed description has a defective beginning to POB measurement, so use the 'Jog Circle':

to move the survey to the correct position:

Once the survey is positioned correctly, export an appropriate image to a file, then switch to the 1:100,000 scale map (press the '100' button) and compose an overview map. Export the overview map and combine in Word or a drawing program for a site overview and detail map.

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