PV 4 - How do I search on the map?

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Last updated: Dec 12, 2023 by RPT Admin (Unlicensed)


Point search


Select the point search button in the Search box and then click on the point of the map to be searched.

All titles and indexes at that point will be listed in the search result box.

The titles that are classed as Top Result will be displayed above a dividing line. Titles classed as Top Result are those that include the smallest polygon sitting under the search point dropped on the map canvas.

These results are ordered by newest title number first.

All other search results continue to be displayed below the dividing line.

Indexes will continue to be presented below titles and will not appear as part of the Top Result list.

Please be aware of the following when using point search and interpreting the Top Results:

  • Tenement steadings: as these are not always duplicated polygons, the tenement steading extent for titles in the same tenement may not be mapped exactly the same – in this instance, only those titles in the same tenement steading with the smallest tenement steading area will be shown as the Top Result.
  • Flatted properties: if the search point is dropped on an area of servitude/burden or exclusive/shared ground, only the title(s) that contain these polygons will be shown as the Top Result.
  • Shared roadways: as with tenement steadings, only those titles with the smallest roadway area will be shown as the Top Result.

A full investigation of all search results is still best practice in all cases.


Please note that a point search within a development where the titles have the development extent plotted on the cadastral map will return a result of all titles within that development extent in the search results. The Top Result function should help identify the particular title you are interested in however each title in the results list may need to be interrogated to identify the particular title being searched for.


Area search


Select the area search button in the Search box.
Draw a polygon around the part of the map that you wish to search. Double click the left-hand mouse button to finish.

The polygon you have drawn will turn grey and the results in the search box will list all titles and indexes that are within or intersect this area.



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