A measured bearing and distance that links a property corner, boundary line, or local survey network to a known external reference point, such as a section corner or benchmark. Ties anchor a local survey to the broader cadastral grid, ensuring the boundary can be retraced if local markers are destroyed.
Heard on the job
We need to pull a tie to the section corner iron across the highway before we finalize this plat.
Also heard as
- tie line
- reference tie