Metes and bounds

Metes and Bounds is a traditional method of land surveying in which the boundaries of land parcels are recorded in terms of relative direction and distance.

Metes and Bounds:
A system of land survey that defines land parcels according to visible natural landscape features and distance. The resultant field pattern is usually very irregular in shape.

A meander line differs from other metes and bounds surveys in that it does not ordinarily determine or fix boundaries. meanderable Capable of being depicted by reference to a meander line.

New Mexico uses the PLSS, but has several areas that retain original metes and bounds left over from Spanish and Mexican rule. These take the form of land grants similar to areas of Texas and California.

Coordinate Systems (Dana/Geographer's Craft) -- Global systems: latitude, longitude, height, UTM; Local systems: public land rectangular surveys, metes and bounds; Miscellaneous systems: postal codes, navigational systems.

They still resort back to land boundaries defined by metes and bounds. Metes and bounds is land marking by trees, rocks, or other natural markers. The problem with this is that the natural world is dynamic and these markers move with time. The U.S.

metes and bounds descriptions). Parcel maps of an area provide more than a representation of ownership.

See also: Survey, Information, Map, Parcel, Area