[{"question":{"category_id":1086263,"account_id":31056,"created_at":"2025-11-24T06:36:05.035Z","tag_names":["aerial imagery accuracy","boundary accuracy","boundary coordinates","boundary location"],"answer_sample":"Understanding boundary accuracy in New Zealand What you need to know about bounda","long_answer_sample":"Understanding boundary accuracy in New Zealand What you need to know about boundaries in GRIP At first glance, boundary accuracy seems straightforward. However, it's crucial to understand that boundaries shown on a map are digital representations, not the actual, legal boundary locations on the ground. Only Licensed Cadastral Surveyors have the lega","language_id":2,"id":3598268,"last_published_date":"February 2nd, 2026","last_published_avatar":"\u003cimg class=\"avatar circle\" width=\"96\" height=\"96\" style=\"background: url(\u0026quot;/initials_avatars/GS?bg=6a8d88\u0026amp;s=192\u0026amp;fg=fff\u0026quot;) 0% 0% / 96px 96px;\" src=\"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/32507a6a05c02387947a90c2e833fb38.png?s=96\u0026amp;d=blank\" /\u003e","last_published_user_name":"GRIP  Support","indexable_body":"navigating grip map accessing marks mark order click layers icon open panel \"**marks**\" layer group \"**boundary**\" turn boundary \"**mark order**\" image aerial view small town rural area, featuring network roads intersecting several buildings, including residential homes commercial structures. landscape includes patches greenery vehicles parked along streets. layout suggests mix developed areas spaces, typical community setting. area green spaces. structures, large red-roofed building smaller houses, arranged around roads. right side, control displaying various options understanding accuracy new zealand need know boundaries first glance, seems straightforward. however, crucial understand shown digital representations, actual, legal locations ground. licensed cadastral surveyors authority define true location property boundary. article helps data displayed grip—so level precision expect particular use case. step 1 determine project requires survey-accurate work precise, legally-defensible locations, must engage surveyor. will physically survey can indicative accept statistical estimate assess likely following steps below. 2 identify interested in. determined \"order\" end line. assigned number indicates precision. relevant display information edit tutorial   3 metres identified numbers marks, table metres. status land 95% (metres)  order (bearings distance captured plans) urban 0.20 7 0.50 8 non (digitisation record maps) 5 9 10 20 remote 100 11 12 notes means points accurate value. percentage may significantly less (outliers). (most accurate) (least indicating coordinates landonline. vs cadastre, mostly coordinates, 12. source ( link ) 4 consider context viewing overlaid imagery layers, assume everything accuracy. mismatch photos necessarily mean wrong—it imagery. 4.1 check modern regional typically ±1 metre 90% confidence interval. vary datasets. button bottom-left corner review metadata detail, search dataset name online find full documentation screenshot showing example 4.2 account gps data, tools using navigate coordinate, common position handheld cellphone - worth considering too. summary multiple factors case – estimates navigation devices introduce margin error requiring certainty precise measurements, always","name":"Boundary accuracy in New Zealand","votes":0,"is_published":true,"slug":"boundary-accuracy-in-new-zealand","first_category":"Understanding Land Data","categories_display_for_views":"Understanding Land Data","parent_categories":[1086263],"is_internal":false,"is_private":false,"extra_categories":[],"url":"/public/boundary-accuracy-in-new-zealand?from_search=224177414","host":"https://help.grip.co.nz","body_txt":"navigating grip map accessing marks mark order click layers icon open panel \"**marks**\" layer group \"**boundary**\" turn boundary \"**mark order**\" image aerial view small town rural area, featuring network roads intersecting several buildings, including residential homes commercial structures. landscape includes patches greenery vehicles parked along streets. layout suggests mix developed areas spaces, typical community setting. area green spaces. structures, large red-roofed building smaller houses, arranged around roads. right side, control displaying various options understanding accuracy new zealand need know boundaries first glance, seems straightforward. however, crucial understand shown digital representations, actual, legal locations ground. licensed cadastral surveyors authority define true location property boundary. article helps data displayed grip—so level precision expect particular use case. step 1 determine project requires survey-accurate work precise, legally-defensible locations, must engage surveyor. will physically survey can indicative accept statistical estimate assess likely following steps below. 2 identify interested in. determined \"order\" end line. assigned number indicates precision. relevant display information edit tutorial   3 metres identified numbers marks, table metres. status land 95% (metres)  order (bearings distance captured plans) urban 0.20 7 0.50 8 non (digitisation record maps) 5 9 10 20 remote 100 11 12 notes means points accurate value. percentage may significantly less (outliers). (most accurate) (least indicating coordinates landonline. vs cadastre, mostly coordinates, 12. source ( link ) 4 consider context viewing overlaid imagery layers, assume everything accuracy. mismatch photos necessarily mean wrong—it imagery. 4.1 check modern regional typically ±1 metre 90% confidence interval. vary datasets. button bottom-left corner review metadata detail, search dataset name online find full documentation screenshot showing example 4.2 account gps data, tools using navigate coordinate, common position handheld cellphone - worth considering too. summary multiple factors case – estimates navigation devices introduce margin error requiring certainty precise measurements, always","categories":{"current":{"id":1086263,"name":"Understanding Land Data","url":"/public"}},"category_param":"public"}},{"question":{"category_id":1079187,"account_id":31056,"created_at":"2025-10-08T22:22:06.800Z","tag_names":["geospatial","cartography","location","layer","zoom"],"answer_sample":"Understanding Layers Screenshot: layers panel with all layers turned off   Screen","long_answer_sample":"Understanding Layers Screenshot: layers panel with all layers turned off   Screenshot: layers panel showing parcel layers on with titles, area, address and road names turned on in the panel and map.   Primary Data Layers: Parcels - Property boundaries (primary, non-primary, approved, road/hydro), note that parcel accuracies vary significantly with s","language_id":2,"id":3535128,"last_published_date":"February 1st, 2026","last_published_avatar":"\u003cimg class=\"avatar circle\" width=\"96\" height=\"96\" style=\"background: url(\u0026quot;/initials_avatars/GS?bg=6a8d88\u0026amp;s=192\u0026amp;fg=fff\u0026quot;) 0% 0% / 96px 96px;\" src=\"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/32507a6a05c02387947a90c2e833fb38.png?s=96\u0026amp;d=blank\" /\u003e","last_published_user_name":"GRIP  Support","indexable_body":"understanding layers screenshot panel turned   showing parcel titles, area, address road names map. primary data parcels - property boundaries (primary, non-primary, approved, road/hydro), note accuracies vary significantly areas highly accurate greater 10-100 metres. marks survey including geodetic vectors boundary non-boundary measurements plans plan references downloadable images infrastructure council (where available) territorial boundaries, place names, contours, historical aerial image layer management sublayers/labels turning on/off use control (icon right hand toolbar) select/deselect show/hide different types scale-dependent display zoom scale toggle toolbar controls level certain turn off, working rural area things early zooming try aa option sources \u0026amp; updates click arrow bottom left corner map view source information sources, refreshes type date key linz land new zealand local stats nz administrative company organisation’s custom","name":"Map Data \u0026 Layers","votes":0,"is_published":true,"slug":"map-data-layers","first_category":"Using the Map","categories_display_for_views":"Using the Map","parent_categories":[1079187,1086262],"is_internal":false,"is_private":false,"extra_categories":[],"url":"/using-the-map/map-data-layers?from_search=224177414","host":"https://help.grip.co.nz","body_txt":"understanding layers screenshot panel turned   showing parcel titles, area, address road names map. primary data parcels - property boundaries (primary, non-primary, approved, road/hydro), note accuracies vary significantly areas highly accurate greater 10-100 metres. marks survey including geodetic vectors boundary non-boundary measurements plans plan references downloadable images infrastructure council (where available) territorial boundaries, place names, contours, historical aerial image layer management sublayers/labels turning on/off use control (icon right hand toolbar) select/deselect show/hide different types scale-dependent display zoom scale toggle toolbar controls level certain turn off, working rural area things early zooming try aa option sources \u0026amp; updates click arrow bottom left corner map view source information sources, refreshes type date key linz land new zealand local stats nz administrative company organisation’s custom","categories":{"current":{"id":1079187,"name":"Using the Map","url":"/using-the-map"}},"category_param":"using-the-map"}}]