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What a project needs from your side, and why each piece matters. Arriving at discovery with this list half-answered shortens everything after it.
Steps
- Gather your GIS reference. A parcel shapefile or equivalent for the project area, with its coordinate system identified, anchors the plotted geometry geospatially. The stronger the reference data, the more placement work automation carries.
- Check your document identifiers. Documents whose filename or text carries a parcel id or instrument number tie back to your records automatically. Documents without identifiers can still be matched using surrounding context, at the cost of more review; scoping accounts for it either way.
- Inventory the document types. Deeds, easements, quit claims, and agreements process; note roughly how many are scans versus text, since scan quality shapes extraction quality.
- Flag stationing language. Descriptions that change width by station or run spiral curves cannot be processed directly, and knowing the share up front keeps the scope honest. See Limitations and expectations.
- Pick the deliverable target. DXF, GeoJSON, or both, and the system the output lands in, so delivery matches the software your team actually uses.
- Note your volume and any batch preferences, such as grouping by county or by project area.