From: Ross on
On Sat, 4 Jun 2005 09:26:43 -0500, "KLINK" <KLINK(a)nyob.com> wrote:

>
>"Ross" <ross(a)REMOVETHISorcon.ETC.nz> wrote in message
>news:0jft91dh0aj8a3f9qstnarj2ph5nb68ao7(a)4ax.com...
>> On Wed, 1 Jun 2005 15:40:50 -0500, "KLINK" <KLINK(a)nyob.com> wrote:
>>
>> >
>> >"Jaime Littlebeaver" <littlebeaver55(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message
>> >news:Xns96668619DECAFlittlebeaver55yahooc(a)63.240.76.16...
>> >> Doc <postmaster@[127.0.0.1]> wrote in
>> >> news:Xns9666DC3E0A8CEAardvark(a)news.xtra.co.nz:
>> >>
>> >> > "Paul B." <pb_public(a)operamail.com> wrote in
>> >> > news:vbmme.6692$Fb.618(a)trndny07:
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > You really think 70x 234.6x 180x 304.5 can have more than one set of
>> >> > included angles ?
>> >> >
>> >>
>>
>>___________________________________________________________________________
>> >>
>> >> Using only two of the ininite number of angles that can be formed using
>> >> these side dimensions:
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> With an angle of approximately one degree between the 70 ft. side and
>the
>> >> 234.6 ft side the acreage comes out to be.3928609 Acres more or less.
>> >>
>> >> With an angle of approximately 126 degrees between the 70 ft. side and
>the
>> >> 234.6 ft side the acreage comes out to be .7317 Acres more or less
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> The more or less is commonly used in deeds and abstracts because the
>> >> measurement are not precise.
>> >>
>> >> I drew these out in Intellicad and worked out the information using
>that
>> >> program.
>> >
>> >Thanks for the info.
>>
>> You should be able to find a free CAD or Mapping program to draw your
>> shape - this will then give you the area.
>
>Thanks for the info. Do you have any suggestions?

This looks like what you want, look for MapDraw near the bottom of
this page http://www.digitalgrove.net/Toolbox_viewers.htm
From: John Fitzsimons on
On Sun, 05 Jun 2005 19:52:47 +1200, Ross <ross(a)REMOVETHISorcon.ETC.nz>
wrote:

>On Sat, 4 Jun 2005 09:26:43 -0500, "KLINK" <KLINK(a)nyob.com> wrote:

< snip >

>This looks like what you want, look for MapDraw near the bottom of
>this page http://www.digitalgrove.net/Toolbox_viewers.htm

From that page ;

MapDraw 2.7 is shareware
From: KLINK on

"Ross" <ross(a)REMOVETHISorcon.ETC.nz> wrote in message
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> >>
> >> You should be able to find a free CAD or Mapping program to draw your
> >> shape - this will then give you the area.
> >
> >Thanks for the info. Do you have any suggestions?
>
> This looks like what you want, look for MapDraw near the bottom of
> this page http://www.digitalgrove.net/Toolbox_viewers.htm

Thanks for the link.Even though MapDraw is shareware there are some other
links on that page that are of interest to me on other subjects.