[GRASS-user] Survey descriptions to GRASS vector

[Dwight Needels]

Is there a straightforward way to encode a survey description of a  
parcel in a text file that can then be imported into GRASS as a  
vector? The type of description I am talking about looks something  
like this (where the numbers are degrees/.minutes/seconds)...

"Beginning at [a defined point], thence running North 40-35-00 East  
1,125.90 feet to a point, thence turning and running South 01-01-13  
West 288.89 feet to a point, thence turning and running South 58-18-45  
West 179.33 feet to a point, [...] , thence turning and running South  
83-41-12 West 36.69 feet to the point of beginning."

Thanks,

-Dwight