Metes & Bounds, Plotted

Verify deed descriptions
in seconds.

Paste or upload the metes-and-bounds description and let Parcelsmith do the work. Parcelsmith renders the georeferenced parcel instantly. No manual entry. No CAD seats.

Thence N 45°12' E 172.40 ft to an iron rod · Thence S 06°48' W 198.62 ft along the right-of-way · Thence N 12°33' W 84.10 ft to the Point of Beginning · Containing 2.18 acres, more or less · Thence N 45°12' E 172.40 ft to an iron rod · Thence S 06°48' W 198.62 ft along the right-of-way · Thence N 12°33' W 84.10 ft to the Point of Beginning · Containing 2.18 acres, more or less ·
The Problem

A page of thence-calls can hide a six-figure mistake.

Metes-and-bounds descriptions encode a parcel as a chain of bearings and distances — language that hasn't materially changed since the 1800s. Reading them is slow. Plotting them by hand is slower. Catching a single transposed digit is the difference between a clean closing and a boundary dispute.

№ 01

Manual plotting is hours of pencil work.

A skilled draftsman can plot a five-call parcel in twenty minutes. A twenty-call irregular tract eats half a day — and that's before checking closure.

№ 02

Errors compound silently.

One transposed bearing, one missed "more or less," one curve table read upside down — and the plat won't close. Find it before the underwriter does.

№ 03

CAD is overkill for a verification.

Title companies and attorneys don't need a $4,000 CAD seat to confirm a deed. They need a fast, defensible visual — in the browser, in seconds.

The Workflow

Three simple steps.

01

Paste the description, or upload the deed.

02

The traverse is parsed and closed.

03

Receive the parcel.

Built For

Three professions.
One stubborn artifact.

Parcelsmith is built for the people whose work touches deed text every week — and who deserve a tool that respects the craft.

Surveyors

Pre-field check that an old deed actually closes before you mobilize a crew. Restore degraded descriptions. Sanity-check a junior's draft.

Title Companies

Verify a legal description matches the property your underwriter is insuring — visually, instantly, on the closing call.

Real-Estate Attorneys

Translate a wall of bearings into a courtroom-ready exhibit. Confirm boundary disputes, easement geometry, encroachments — before discovery.

From the Field

In daily use at working firms.

Currently in production at real-estate and title practices — and proving its worth.

We've been looking for a tool like this for years, and it's great to finally have it. It saves us about thirty minutes per drawing, and we're running fifteen to twenty of these a week — so the time saved adds up fast.

~30min
Saved per drawing
~15
Deeds plotted per week
~6–7hrs
Saved per week

Bring a deed.
Take home a plat.

Free during beta. No CAD seat. No credit card. One paste, one button.

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