[GRASS-user] Survey descriptions to GRASS vector

[Stuart Edwards]

On Aug 25, 2010, at 10:27 AM, Dwight Needels wrote:

> 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."
> 

When I have done this I computed the boundary as a series of points using a spreadsheet, created a csv version of the points and their coordinates, and then imported the ascii points file.  A bit cumbersome, but then doing anything with a legal description can be challenging.

Stu