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What Is a Plat Map? A Guide to Understanding Property Lines & Ownership
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Get the low-down on plat maps—what they are (and aren't), why they're important, how to use them, and how to work with plats in Land id to gain a deeper understanding of your land's potential.
Finding the Ideal Location With Geospatial Technology
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The area a home is located in determines a great deal for the people living there: where their kids can go to school, how long their commute is, what they do for entertainment… It’s no wonder that a 600 sq/ft. studio apartment in SoHo, New York can cost more than a 6-bedroom house in rural Indiana.
The Cartography Tools of Our Past
By Land id
Whether it be studying the world’s geography, getting directions to the supermarket, or checking the elevation of a hike, we use maps daily—often without even realizing it. Due to their ubiquity, we don’t tend to give a second thought to using maps, but a lot goes into creating these visual depictions of the world around us.
Raster vs Vector Data: The Ultimate Guide
By Land id
Without data, there would be no reason for GIS to exist; the whole point of GIS is to create, manage, analyze, and map data. However, a lot of programs deal with data. What makes GIS so interesting is that it can handle both attribute data, which describes the characteristics of a feature, and geospatial data, which describes the absolute and relative location of a feature.
What Is A Survey Plan, And How Are They Used?
By Land id
Are you considering buying or developing land? Are you a property owner looking to settle a land dispute? If so, you're probably looking at investing in a survey plan. For real estate investors, land developers, and property owners alike, having a land survey is essential since, without them, we wouldn't know where one piece of land ends, and another begins.
The Past, Present, and Future of GIS
By Land id
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) are computer systems for capturing, storing, analyzing, and managing data and associated attributes spatially referenced to the earth. In other words, a GIS lets us visualize data on a map. Since it was first created in the late 1960s, GIS technology has grown exponentially. Today, there are many applications of GIS beyond what it was initially developed for, with GIS being used across industries, from real estate to agriculture. As it becomes increasingly accessible to businesses, both big and small, and more precise through rapid advancements in technology, the future of GIS is bright.
A Wildfire’s Worst Nightmare: GIS
By Land id
Wildfires are one of the most devastating natural disasters known to man. In 2021 alone, we saw 58,985 fires and 7,100,000 acres of land destroyed in the US. As society continues to grow and expand, the risks from wildfires increase dramatically, especially in areas that have historically been prone to them, such as the western United States.
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