Turn deed language into defensible geometry.
Vectis reads the legal description in a right-of-way deed and parses every course and monument. Then it builds a closed, GIS-ready polygon your team reviews and commits with confidence.
- Reads
- Metes & bounds
- PLSS / aliquot
- Platted lot & block
- Curves & chords
THENCE N 14°22'18" E, 212.44 ft to a point; THENCE along a curve to the right, radius 380.00 ft, arc 96.13 ft, chord N 21°37'07" E, 95.87 ft to a 1/2" rebar; THENCE S 68°40'15" E, 190.00 ft to a point; THENCE S 49°34'09" W, 348.20 ft to the POINT OF BEGINNING, containing 0.70 acres, more or less.
| Call | Bearing | Distance | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | N 14°22'18" E | 212.44' | Line |
| 2 | N 21°37'07" E (chord) | 95.87' | Curve, R=380.00' |
| 3 | S 68°40'15" E | 190.00' | Line |
| 4 | S 49°34'09" W | 348.20' | Line, closing |
Nothing reaches your feature service until a person approves it.
Vectis does the reading and the plotting. Your reviewers decide what gets committed.
Two separate sign-offs
A reviewer confirms the extracted fields and the polygon independently. Approve & commit stays disabled until both are done.
Uncertain values are flagged
Every extracted field carries a confidence score. Low-confidence fields and acreage mismatches are marked for the reviewer, never fixed silently.
Repairs are disclosed
If the geometry needed automatic repair, the reviewer sees that before approving.
Every change has an author
Corrections keep the original value, the final value, who changed it, and when.
From PDF to committed feature in four steps.
A focused workflow for extracting right-of-way deed information and turning legal descriptions into usable GIS geometry.
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Vectis speaks the vocabulary of legal descriptions: bearings, calls, monuments, closures.
Deed ingestion
Reads scanned deeds and recorded plats, isolating the legal description from boilerplate and exhibits.
Call-parsing engine
Structures bearings, distances, curves, and monument calls, flagging ambiguous language for review.
Polygon builder
Constructs the parcel from parsed calls, reports closure error, and flags gaps against adjoining right-of-way.
ArcGIS commit
Commits approved parcels to your ArcGIS feature service, using field mappings you configure.
See Vectis plot one of your own deeds.
Bring a real legal description to the call. We'll run it through Vectis live and show you the closure report.