★Industry First · Fully Automated Deed Plotting★

Turns Metes & Bounds Legal Description Text to Geolocated CAD & GIS Linework with No Human Interaction.

Legal-Plot identifies the PLSS corners named in a legal description, resolves their authoritative CadNSDI positions to place the parcel at the correct GIS location, then orients the linework to be in harmony with the CadNSDI — outputting in State Plane Coordinate System (SPCS).

Auto-POB™
Understands the 10,000+ different ways PLSS corners can be described in legal descriptions and resolves each one to its authoritative CadNSDI position.
Auto-BOB™
Determines the rotation angle for the legal description by applying the implied basis of bearings — no manual rotation required.
One Click CAD
Allows the geometry to be instantly imported into AutoCAD, Civil 3D, or Carlson with the click of a button.
10-Step Pipeline

Legal Description Text to CAD & GIS Linework

01

Upload

Upload or paste your legal description

02

Extract

Identify type and scope of each description

03

PLSS

Detect Township, Range, Section, and corners

04

EPSG

Government coordinates and datum conversion

05

Auto-POB

Automatic Point of Beginning

06

Auto-BOB

Automatic Basis of Bearings

07

Closures

Verify traverse precision and accuracy

08

CAD & GIS

Survey-grade linework ready for use

09

Street View

See every corner on the ground — with history

10

CAD Bridge

Instant CAD linework and text

CapabilityLegal-Plot
PDF upload → fully-placed linework, zero interaction
Auto-POB: PLSS corner lookup, no human input
Auto-BOB: rotation to PLSS grid, no human input
Sub-ft calibration BLM CadNSDI coordinates
Real-time pipeline (seconds per description)
Survey-grade State Plane (SPCS) CAD output
DXF + KML + GeoJSON exports in one request
Multi-description PDF handling
Instant corner Street View with multi-year historical imagery
Instant CAD Bridge — linework & legal header straight to AutoCAD/Carlson
Step 1 of 10

Upload

Upload or paste your legal description

Start with any format — PDF, DOCX, or plain text. The system handles document conversion and text extraction automatically.

CAD Integration Bridge

Drops Into Your Existing CAD Workflow

Legal-Plot outputs survey-grade DXF in State Plane NAD 83 coordinates — no re-projection, no manual placement. Import directly into AutoCAD, Civil 3D, Carlson Survey, or any DXF-capable platform and the linework is already in its correct geographic position.

AutoCAD
Insert DXF at 0,0 — linework arrives in SPCS position
Civil 3D
Import as parcel geometry or alignment linework
Carlson Survey
DXF import complements existing deed routine workflow
MicroStation
Compatible DXF geometry ready for sheet composition
QGIS
GeoJSON and KML for instant layer overlay
ArcGIS Pro
GeoJSON import or DXF via coordinate reference system
Global Mapper
KML and GeoJSON load natively with no setup
Any DXF Platform
Standard DXF R2000 — compatible with any CAD package
How it works with Civil 3D and Carlson: Run your description through Legal-Plot, download the DXF, and open it in Civil 3D or Carlson Survey. The parcel boundary is already oriented to the State Plane grid — you can immediately assign a parcel style, label bearings and distances, or use it as a reference for a new deed draft. Legal-Plot does not replace Civil 3D or Carlson; it fills the gap those tools leave — automatic geographic placement of the linework before it ever reaches your CAD session.
On-the-Ground Verification

See Every Corner in Street View

Once your parcel is geo-located, Legal-Plot pulls up Google Street View aimed at each boundary corner along the perimeter. Because it knows exactly where every corner sits, the camera points straight at it — so you can scan the ground for physical evidence before anyone drives to the site.

At every corner

Every geo-located boundary corner with Street View coverage gets its own on-the-ground view, right after upload.

Aimed at the corner

The camera points straight at each corner's position — no hunting up and down the street for the right spot.

Multi-year imagery

Step back through past Street View capture dates to compare how a corner looked over the years.

Spot field evidence

Scan for surveyor's lath, flagging, paint marks, fence posts, and visible monuments before scheduling a field visit.

A coverage badge shows how many corners have Street View, and every distance is reported in feet.

Feature Comparison

How Legal-Plot Compares

Every other deed plotting tool produces a shape and stops. Legal-Plot places and orients that shape automatically.

FeatureDeed Reader
Pro		WhiteStar
True Polygon		Carlson
Deed Routines		Netdeed
Plotter		DeedPlotter
.ai		Legal-Plot
Auto geo-placement — no dragging to locationWhiteStar uses proprietary TrueGRID (PLSS), not BLM/government data
Auto basis of bearings — no manual rotation
BLM / government CadNSDI coordinate tieWhiteStar uses their own TrueGRID, not BLM CadNSDI
State Plane (SPCS NAD 83) coordinate outputWhiteStar via ArcGIS Pro CRS; Carlson via CAD coordinate system
PDF / image upload with AI extraction
Multi-description batch processingWhiteStar at enterprise scale; DeedPlotter up to 5 docs
Browser-based — no desktop install requiredWhiteStar requires ArcGIS Pro desktop; Carlson and DRP require Windows
Curve (arc) parsingDRP supports 12 different arc calculation methods
DXF export
KML / GeoJSON export

Competitor capabilities based on publicly available product documentation. Contact us if any information is inaccurate.

See It In Action

Upload a legal description and get survey-grade linework in seconds.