How to properly draw a property boundary from a tax map

[graceGT7NN]

I am trying to draw out a property line in AutoCAD. I have the tax map images with the perimeter. However, they are obviously not at 90 degree angles. So, even with the length of each side I cannot get it to quite all match up. 

I was able to screencap the tax map and roughly trace the borders, but since it was out of scale, I had to then move all the individual border pieces together once I deleted the screen cap.

Yes this worked, I think, but what is the actually correct way to do this? Can I calculate for the angles? Or does everyone put a screenshot of the tax map in and trace it?

[graceGT7NN]

I am trying to draw out a property line in AutoCAD. I have the tax map images with the perimeter. However, they are obviously not at 90 degree angles. So, even with the length of each side I cannot get it to quite all match up. 

I was able to screencap the tax map and roughly trace the borders, but since it was out of scale, I had to then move all the individual border pieces together once I deleted the screen cap.

Yes this worked, I think, but what is the actually correct way to do this? Can I calculate for the angles? Or does everyone put a screenshot of the tax map in and trace it?

[pendean]

Tracing anything is never a good idea unless accuracy means little to your needs: show us what you are trying to work with and explain what the final result in AutoCAD will be used for when you get a chance.

[pendean]

Tracing anything is never a good idea unless accuracy means little to your needs: show us what you are trying to work with and explain what the final result in AutoCAD will be used for when you get a chance.

[graceGT7NN]

I am just practicing to try to learn how to draw site plans so it is more of a hypothetical.

What would the process be to get real property boundaries into CAD from a tax map when I am unsure of angles and only have the perimeter of the sides? Do I need to calculate someway?

[graceGT7NN]

I am just practicing to try to learn how to draw site plans so it is more of a hypothetical.

What would the process be to get real property boundaries into CAD from a tax map when I am unsure of angles and only have the perimeter of the sides? Do I need to calculate someway?

[pendean]

You'll need an actual land survey map with all the details in it to recreate correctly if you intent to replicate with any legal accuracy: tax maps are not for the purpose you intend. Sorry.

[pendean]

You'll need an actual land survey map with all the details in it to recreate correctly if you intent to replicate with any legal accuracy: tax maps are not for the purpose you intend. Sorry.

[Kent1Cooper]

A deed description.

[Kent1Cooper]

A deed description.

[paullimapa]

A number of large cities in the United States like Los Angeles has a website where you can enter an address then you can download in pdf format an assessor’s map that contains the proper survey units for the lot. This could be a good starting point for you to practice

https://maps.assessor.lacounty.gov/m/

[paullimapa]

A number of large cities in the United States like Los Angeles has a website where you can enter an address then you can download in pdf format an assessor’s map that contains the proper survey units for the lot. This could be a good starting point for you to practice

https://maps.assessor.lacounty.gov/m/

[ChicagoLooper · Accepted solution]

Hi @graceGT7NN 

A Tax Map will typically have the bearing and distance for each segment of the property outline.

Metes and Bounds Survey

You can use both the bearing and distance to draw the parcel footprint.

Command line: UNITS=>change Angle Type and Precision

In a Metes and Bounds Survey, the hard part would be the Point of Beginning, referred to as the POB, which describes WHERE the measurements begin.

Many consider Metes and Bounds to be archaic with the POB worded like this:

"Beginning at a point marked by a survey marker on the South side of Jackson Road 150 feet East from the corner formed by the intersection of the East boundary of State Highway 39 and the South boundary of Jackson Road; thence East 90 degrees 500 feet; thence South 450 feet; thence West 250 degrees 450 feet; thence direct to the point of beginning; situated in Section seven in Township Twenty North, Range Eleven East, Perry Township, Delaware County, Indiana."

[ChicagoLooper · Accepted solution]

Hi @graceGT7NN 

A Tax Map will typically have the bearing and distance for each segment of the property outline.

Metes and Bounds Survey

You can use both the bearing and distance to draw the parcel footprint.

Command line: UNITS=>change Angle Type and Precision

In a Metes and Bounds Survey, the hard part would be the Point of Beginning, referred to as the POB, which describes WHERE the measurements begin.

Many consider Metes and Bounds to be archaic with the POB worded like this:

"Beginning at a point marked by a survey marker on the South side of Jackson Road 150 feet East from the corner formed by the intersection of the East boundary of State Highway 39 and the South boundary of Jackson Road; thence East 90 degrees 500 feet; thence South 450 feet; thence West 250 degrees 450 feet; thence direct to the point of beginning; situated in Section seven in Township Twenty North, Range Eleven East, Perry Township, Delaware County, Indiana."