Well, a week has passed since my last entry, so I guess it’s time to write again. First off, here’s this week’s Plot of the Week:
This plot describes a tract 37.7 acres in area with a closure of less than 0.004 feet! Now that is just amazing. I love the graceful curve that forms the …
My apologies for the long delay since last writing. I am just writing now to let you know that I have made some updates to the site code. There were previously some errors in certain situations. Most notably, when tracts had a straight north-south line, in a small percentage of cases, the acreages could be …
I just had a realization about the area error (“+/- X acres”) that I’ve been computing. The way it is currently calculated is very simple. Take the perimeter error percentage (also displayed in the results), multiply that by the computed area, and voila. A simple way of expressing the potential error of the calculated area. …
First off, I would like to thank everybody who has commented so far. It is gratifying to see that the site is being put to good use. Every comment is useful or thought-provoking in some way. For example, now I am considering offering “lifetime memberships” or something like that that would be a one-time cost …
Welcome to the Tractplotter.com Development Blog. I am the owner/developer/proprietor of TractPlotter.com. I also have a “day job” as a landman in the Barnett Shale area of Texas. This is what prompted me to write my own tract plotter, as the existing solutions all seemed to be lacking.
I would like to fill …