Real examples

See it on real documents.

Every example here is a public record, along with the TerrainPlot output - no cleanup, no deskew, no hand-placing anything afterwards. Open the source at full resolution and read the bearings yourself, then open the DXF and inverse a line. We would rather you check than take our word.

A 1998 subdivision plat

42 lots, a cul-de-sac, and a 20-foot utility easement on one D-size sheet.

Plat Book 141, Pg 16
Franklin County, Ohio

1 sheet · 24×36 in · 400 dpi

Lots42
Calls318
Curves11
Worst closurefrom the run

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export.dxf - one layer per lot, easements separate - State Plane Ohio South (ft)

Recorded platTerrainPlot redraw
Source scan/samples/plats/pb141-pg16/source.jpg
Redraw capture/samples/plats/pb141-pg16/redraw.jpg
Drag the divider. Both halves are the same sheet at the same scale, so the redraw lands on the scan line for line.

A hand-lettered plat from 1921

Ink on linen, photographed to microfilm, then scanned. Faint, skewed, every bearing lettered by hand.

Vol 36, Pg 3
Muskingum County, Ohio

1 sheet · 18×24 in · 600 dpi

Lots9
Calls64
Flagged2
Worst closurefrom the run

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export.dxf - one layer per lot - assumed bearing basis, no coordinate system on the sheet

Microfilm scanTerrainPlot redraw
Source scan/samples/plats/vol36-pg3/source.jpg
Redraw capture/samples/plats/vol36-pg3/redraw.jpg
Two calls stay flagged. They are flagged in this capture too. Where the software was not sure it says so rather than guessing.

A parcel map along a creek

One boundary follows the water, so it is a run of short ties rather than a single call. The curve table is on sheet 2.

Parcel Map 214-08
Butte County, California

2 sheets · 18×26 in · 400 dpi

Parcels4
Calls97
Curves6
Worst closurefrom the run

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export.dxf - one layer per parcel, meander ties separate - State Plane California Zone 2 (ft)

Recorded mapTerrainPlot redraw
Source scan/samples/plats/butte-pm214-08/source.jpg
Redraw capture/samples/plats/butte-pm214-08/redraw.jpg
Both sheets, one upload. The curve table on sheet 2 is matched to the lines it belongs to on sheet 1.

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