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Adding a Plat

Single Line

The fastest way to make a plat: enter one bearing and one distance, and the app draws a single line between two corners. Anchor the first corner in the field and navigate straight to the far end — no full deed required.

Free feature. Great for checking one property line, following a single deed call, or a quick fence-line stake-out.
1

Tap + and choose Line

From the plat list, tap +, then select the Line tab on the New Plat screen.

New Plat screen, Line tab: N/S degrees-minutes-seconds E/W bearing, distance with unit, and the Create Line button
2

Enter one bearing and distance

Set the bearing — N or S, degrees, minutes, optional seconds, E or W — and the distance with a unit (feet, metres, chains, rods, links, varas, or yards). Naming the line is optional; if you skip it, the line is named from its bearing and distance.

3

Create the line

Tap Create Line. The app builds a two-corner plat: Corner 1 (your starting point) and Corner 2 at the end of the course.

4

Anchor, then navigate

Stand on the first corner and tap Set as Reference (I'm Here). The line snaps to its true location on the map and you can navigate to Corner 2 with live distance and bearing. As with any deed-based plat, the line doesn't appear on the map until you anchor it — see Navigate to a Corner.

A single line drawn on the map from Corner 1 to Corner 2 after anchoring
Which end are you on? Stand at the first corner and let the line run out to the far corner. If you're actually standing at the far end, enter the reverse bearing (flip N↔S and E↔W) so the line runs the other way.