closure

Also called: closed traverse

Whether the boundary comes back to its starting corner.

The condition of a traverse that returns to its point of beginning. A description "closes" when the accumulated offsets cancel out. Checking closure is the fastest way to validate a description before drafting anything from it.

Where you'll see it

Surveying Basics

How to Read a Metes and Bounds Description

Deeds are written in their own language. Here is how to walk one line by line — and what the closure math is actually telling you at the end.

Features & Workflows

How Much Time Do You Waste Entering Deeds?

Typing out a long deed by hand is slow. It's worse when you finish, check the math, and realize you have to review your own keystrokes.

Related terms in Closure & Area

acreage misclosure precision ratio traverse

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