precision ratio

Also called: closure ratio

Misclosure compared to perimeter, written like 1:10,000.

The total misclosure divided into the total perimeter length, expressed as a ratio such as 1:10,000. It scales the error to the size of the parcel, so a two-tenths gap on a small lot and on a large tract can be compared directly.

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.

Related terms in Closure & Area

acreage closure misclosure traverse

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