COMMON MAPS OR PLANS USED IN THE REALTY PROFESSION AND ITS CONTENTS

Subdivision maps/plans or schemes are normally prepared as a sales control plan and contain the following data:

a.  Blocks, lots and subdivision plan numbers.

• Road lot numbers/street layout and names
• Open spaces and layout of subdivision facilities
• Lot areas
• Entrance/exit gates and perimeter or boundary lines
• Names of subdivision, location, scale
• Sales legend and other features of the project
• Name of selling Brokers/Realtors and the Owner/ developer company
• Office address and telephone numbers

b. Topography (contour) maps is also a land survey map containing the details of the topography or condition of the land or natural contour of the terrain.

c.  A prepared vicinity or location plan contains the following:

• Lot plan with bearing and distances
• The lines or points of reference
• Corners and boundary lines
• Lot plans and plan numbers
• Name of owners and claimants
• Location and distance from the nearest main road
• Scale, meridian and area
• Certification of the Surveyor/Geodetic Engineer

d.  Greater Manila Area maps are prepared in loose pages or bookbound like the "INS" and "OUTS" which cover the four cities and municipalities or provinces.

e.  Cadastral or public land subdivision (PLS) maps ar eland surveys or large magnitude covering hundreds and thousands of hectares of parcels of lands, cities, municipalities or provinces executed by government or private contractors, prepared and plotted in mounted papers or microfilm plans tracing cloth filed with the Land Management Bureau (LMB) or in its regional offices.

      There are also book bound copies being sold by private printers/suppliers.  Indicated therein are the following data:

• Lot numbers and lot areas
• Old lot titles, its survey numbers TCT numbers
• Important landmarks or points of references
• Lot corners and numbers
• Cadastral lands (CAD) or PLS survey numbers and location
• Overlapping claims or boundary gaps
• Name of owners and claimants
• Scale, sheet numbers and geographical coordinates

      The map may cover one or more lots or its neighborhood or provinces or just a portion thereof, indicating the barrio, municipality and the sea, river, creeks, existing or proposed roads and highways, kilometer plots, highway boundaries and other infrastructure references.