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From: "Steve Broyles" <>
Subject: Re: [DMU] Background maps
Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2007 10:20:16 -0400
References: <000b01c7c5ef$48d8eca0$5a01a8c0@intel667>


Are you working from plat drawings, not deeds? Say, in South Carolina?
When you enter a plat drawing into DeedMapper you work either clockwise or
counterclockwise and depending on which one you pick the parcel can come out
upside down.

Steve Broyles
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gayle Ellison-Assistance Unlimited" <>
To: <>
Sent: Saturday, July 14, 2007 4:16 AM
Subject: Re: [DMU] Background maps


> Did the deed mappers ever get them backward? If I turned the plat upside
> down, it would fit on the modern day map.
> gayle
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From:
> [mailto:] On Behalf Of Steve Broyles
> Sent: Friday, July 13, 2007 4:50 AM
> To:
> Subject: Re: [DMU] Background maps
>
>
> Yes, 1:24000 is 2000 ft. per inch.
>
> The compensation is done in the parcels, not the maps. You use "decl" in
> the deed description. If you want to rotate all parcels you can use
> what's
> called an Include Item. Decl and Include Item are described in the Help.
>
> Steve Broyles
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Gary Bradford" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2007 11:23 AM
> Subject: [DMU] Background maps
>
>
>> Hello,
>> New to group. I have a couple questions about background maps with
>> deed
>> mapper. For a 1:24000 map, the feet should be set to 2000 is this
>> correct?
>
>> It looks correct on screen. The second question is about rotating plats.
>> The patent I have been working with would fit perfectly between to bodies
>> of water if it were rotated about 9 degrees counter clockwise. Is there a
>> magnetic north compensation adjustment for DRG maps?
>> Thanks,
>> Gary
>>
>>
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