Acre - 43,560 square feet
BPL - Buried Pipeline
CAD - Computer Aided Drafting
Chain - 66 feet
EOL - End of Line
Furlong - 220 yards
GIS - Geographic Information System - process of displaying mapped information, i.e. utilities, roads, flood plains, communities, etc. on one drawing.
GPS - Global Positioning System - process of taking measurements using satellite.
Hectare - 107,639 square feet
Labor - 177.14 acres - measure 2,777 feet square
League - Unit of area measured five labors by five labors. 4,428 acres.
Metes & Bounds - Survey whose property lines are defined by bearings and distances.
P.I. - Point of Intersection
P.O.B. - Point of Beginning
Pueblo - A Spanish grant of less than 1,000 acres.
Rancho - A Spanish grant of more than 1,000 acres.
Rectangular Coordinate System - Survey system defined by a grid such as sections, township, and range.
Rod (Pole, Perch) - 16.5 linear feet.
Subdivision - the division of a tract of land into two or more parcels.
Topographic Survey - survey of existing features - on, above or below the ground.
Vara - 33 1/3 inches.