The compiled CAD drawing DXF
The lot, the neighboring lot lines, building footprints, contours, the aerial and the outline of each record found, each on its own layer, on State Plane coordinates. Accurate, not precise. Not a survey.
The public record on a property, compiled into one map and one CAD file.
AEC First Phase compiles the public record on one property — the recorded surveys and maps around it, the corner records, the benchmarks, the zoning, the terrain — into a data package for surveyors, architects, engineers, contractors, developers and homeowners. Enter an address or parcel number and see what is on record, free. $5 takes the package home. It is data, as found, and it is not a survey.
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A real project screen: the property outlined in red, the recorded surveys and maps found around it drawn where they lie. Imagery © Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics.
One address in. The records found, placed on the map.
This is the Reference Screen of a finished run: 1635 Woods Dr, Los Angeles — the Stahl House. It ships in the package as the Reference Map. The run found 7 records of survey, 10 tract maps, 12 corner records and 33 City survey control points on and around the lot, and drew each one where it lies.
Swipe the image sideways to see all of it.
- The propertyOutlined in red, on the county’s parcel geometry.
- Recorded mapsEach blue outline is a record of survey or a tract map that covers the lot or lies beside it.
- Corner recordsPlaced at the monuments they describe. The nearest here is 40 feet from the lot.
- Survey controlCity of Los Angeles control points, each linked to the City’s field-book pages.
- The listEach record found, by source, with its distance from the lot. Each line opens the agency’s own copy.
- The sourcesOne tab per data source. The folders of the package carry the same names.
Open the sample project
Opens in your browser, with no account. AEC First Phase is not affiliated with this property or its owners. Imagery © Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics.
You probably don’t have a survey.
Most owners believe they have a survey. What they have is the assessor’s parcel map — and it says on its face that it is not a survey. AEC First Phase shows you what is actually on record for your lot: the recorded surveys and maps around it, the corner records, the benchmarks, the zoning, the terrain — placed on one map, with the distance from your property to each one.
What’s in the package
One zip, organized by data source. These are the sample project’s own files — the whole package, exactly as it is delivered.
The Property Report PDF
What is on record, section by section, each one cited: identity and lot, zoning and land use, hazards and overlays as published, and the recorded maps and surveys near the parcel.
Site plan base sheets three PDFs, shown here at one scale
The compiled map laid out to print: the site map at a stated scale with a scale bar and north arrow, the aerial view, a vicinity map and the zoning notes. Every sheet carries the line “Tentative – not survey accurate. Compiled from public agency records.”
The 3D massing model OBJ and DXF
The terrain from lidar with the buildings around the lot standing on it, from public building footprints and the heights they carry. The subject is in red. A massing model, not a survey.
The survey records themselves the agencies’ PDFs
The records of survey, tract maps, parcel maps and corner records the run finds on and nearest the lot, linked to the agency’s own copy. Tick the ones you want and the documents are added to the package.
Also in every package
Property summary
| Address | 1635 WOODS DR LOS ANGELES CA 90069 |
|---|---|
| APN | 5556-031-003 |
| Jurisdiction | City of Los Angeles |
| Zoning | RE9-1-HCR |
| Lot area | 12,386 sq ft |
| Use | Single Family Residence — 010G |
| Year built | 1959 |
| Hazard & overlay flags |
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| Records on file |
County Surveyor Records 29 — Records of Survey 7 · Tract Maps 10 · Corner Records 12
City of LA Survey Records 33 — Control Points with Field Book 33 |
From the Property Report, as each agency published it. Flags are the hazards and overlays marked as applying to this parcel.
- The Reference Map as a page: each record found, placed and linked. Start here.
- Terrain contours and the aerial, on the same coordinates as the drawing.
- Zoning and the hazard and overlay facts, as the agency publishes them.
- A plain-text list of everything that was collected.
- One folder per source, named for where the records came from.
- The assessor’s map page, where the county publishes it as a file.
Compiled from public records, as found. Not a survey; sets no boundary. Verify before you rely on it — and hand it to your professional when it’s time.
See it work
A short silent loop of the sample project: the Reference Map, the compiled CAD drawing with its layers, the 3D massing model and the printable sheets.
1635 Woods Dr, Los Angeles. View-only, no account. AEC First Phase is not affiliated with this property or its owners. Imagery © Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics.
Open the sample projectHow it works
Enter the address
Or the parcel number. It is verified against the county parcel record and its jurisdiction identified, so the right records are searched automatically. You confirm the parcel and accept the acknowledgment and release; that starts the run.
The record is collected
Recorded surveys, parcel and tract maps, corner records, benchmarks, zoning and terrain around your site — about ten minutes, while you watch the checklist.
Your Reference Screen
Everything found, drawn at its true location. Pick what you want. $5 unlocks the property and the package downloads as one zip — and stays yours to come back to.
Who it’s for
Six ways in, and how each one uses the package.
Surveyors
Run the address the day the job comes in, unlock the package, start the boundary analysis from the DXF and the record set.
Architects
Open the DXF as the first base; replace it with a survey before design development.
Engineers & geologists
Open the DXF as the reference base for site analysis and coordinate with the survey before construction.
Contractors
Bid with fewer unknowns; keep the report in the job file.
Developers & land planners
Run every candidate address; unlock the ones worth a second look. Bring it to the feasibility conversation before anyone draws.
Homeowners
Open the CAD file in a free viewer (Autodesk Viewer online, DWG TrueView, or LibreCAD) and measure and annotate; drop the report into an AI assistant and ask what the zoning allows; hand the package to your architect, contractor or surveyor.
Price
$5per property
Running an address and the Reference Screen are free. One credit unlocks one property’s package for your account — every record you add later, every recompile and every download of that property is then free. No subscription.
Where it works
Los Angeles County and nine more California counties. Each name opens what is collected there.
Los Angeles County is the deepest. In the other nine the package holds what each county publishes.
Start with an address.
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