Deed Correlation

This command takes a set of field and design/deed points and creates an inverse report, such as radial stakeout, for each pair of points. The Align functions combine a translation and rotation to go from the survey points to the deed points. The command includes a routine to find the best point to hold and the best point to rotate to. This command provides tools for the correlation of surveyed points with that of deed input points. Different points can be specified as hold points, or rotation points, and provide a report showing the bearing and distance of all sides of the traverse/deed, based upon the hold and rotation points. This allows for the review of different scenarios based upon hold and rotation points. Perhaps two points in the field are in good shape, and seem to meet all the descriptions thereof. You decide to hold these two points as good, but you would like to see what holding these points will do to each side/call of the tract/description. This is what this routine is designed to do. In addition to allowing user specified trials of different hold and rotation points, the routine also provides a Find Minimum Rotation option that will report which points specified as the hold and rotation points will result in the minimum rotation of all sides of the tract/description. All points must be contained in the same coordinate file, and the points to be used in the correlation must be specified as either Survey points or Deed points.

Edit: This button allows for editing of the highlighted/selected Survey and Deed point. Once selected the dialog above is displayed allowing for changes to be made.
Add: Click this button to specify the points as either Survey or Deed points. Then fill out the Edit Points dialog as desired.
Remove: This button will remove the highlighted/selected Survey and Deed points from the correlation setup. This does not delete the points from the coordinate file.
Inverse Report: This generates a report showing the inverse data from each point, both survey and deed, to every other point specified in the correlation set up. For example if there were four points in the survey points (1-4) then the report would show inverse data from 1 to 2, 3,4; from 2 to 1,3,4; from 3 to 1,2,4 and from 4 to 1,2,3.  This would be the same for the corresponding deed points.
Compare Before Align: This option compares the survey information to the deed information.
Check Align: This option that allows for user specified hold and rotation points, and then reports the inverse data of each side of the tract/description. The hold point and rotation point must be points from the specified survey point group.
Find Min Align: Determines the hold and rotation points that would result in the minimum rotation to each side of the tract/description. When selected  the Minimum Deed Rotation Report is displayed.
Apply Alignment: This option can be issued after the Min Align criteria is set.
Save: Performs a quick save if the file has previously been saved.
Save As:
This option prompts for a user specified file name and allows for a user specified location to save the file.  The file extension for the deed correlation file is dcf.  When executing the program you have the option of using an existing file or creating a new file for the deed correlation.
Exit: This button end the routine.
Help: This button displays the help topics relating to the Deed Correlation routine.

After specifying the hold and rotation points, the deed correlation report will display again, showing the bearing and distance of each side of the tract/description.


Pulldown Menu Location: Survey
Keyboard Command: deed_align
Prerequisite: A coordinate file (.CRD)