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===Property cadastral surveying===

Related to cartography, property boundary [[surveying]] using the [[metes and bounds]] system and [[cadastral surveying]] relies on fractions of a degree to describe property lines' angles in reference to [[cardinal direction]]s. A boundary "mete" is described with a beginning reference point, the cardinal direction North or South followed by an angle less than 90 degrees and a second cardinal direction, and a linear distance. The boundary runs the specified linear distance from the beginning point, the direction of the distance being determined by rotating the first cardinal direction the specified angle toward the second cardinal direction. For example, ''North&nbsp;65°&nbsp;39′ 18″ West&nbsp;85.69&nbsp;feet'' would describe a line running from the starting point 85.69 feet in a direction 65° 39′ 18″ (or 65.655°) away from north toward the west.