Your Transfer Certificate of Title says you own 500 square meters in Tagbilaran City. You've had that title for years. But here's the question most landowners can't answer: can you physically point to where your property starts and ends?
If your honest answer is "I'm not sure" — you're not alone. And that uncertainty is exactly where land disputes, delayed sales, and estate headaches come from.
What Your TCT Actually Contains
Your title has a section called the Technical Description. It looks something like this:
Beginning at a point marked "1" on plan, being S. 29°45' E., 156.20 m. from BLLM No. 1, Tagbilaran Cadastre...thence N. 0°11' W., 21.20 m. to point 2; thence S. 89°50' E., 23.60 m. to point 3...
Those numbers (bearings, distances, and tie points) are actually a precise set of instructions for drawing your property boundary. The problem is they're written for surveyors, not regular landowners. Nobody hands you a map when you receive your title.
Why "I'll Find It When I Need To" Is a Risky Strategy
Most people only think about land boundaries when something forces them to: a buyer asks, a neighbor puts up a fence, heirs start disagreeing. By then you're already in a stressful situation.
- Buyers want to see a map before they commit to purchasing
- Neighboring landowners may have already encroached without realizing it
- Estate division becomes a nightmare when no one can agree on where the land is
- OFWs abroad have no way to check what's happening to their property
What Land Parcel Digitization Does
Using QGIS (a professional GIS software), we take the technical description from your title and plot every boundary point precisely, bearing by bearing, distance by distance. The result is a digital map of your exact property boundary.
You get three things:
2. KML File: Open this in Google Earth on your phone or laptop and see exactly where your land sits on satellite imagery.
3. Coordinate List: The exact GPS coordinates of every boundary corner, plus area verification against what your title states.
Who Needs This?
- Landowners who haven't seen the property in years
- OFWs who own land back home and want to verify it remotely
- Heirs settling an estate and dividing land among siblings
- Buyers doing due diligence before purchasing
- Anyone preparing to sell and wanting to show buyers a proper map
How Much Does It Cost?
We price by the number of boundary points in your technical description, which tells us how complex the shape is:
- Basic (up to 8 points): ₱800 · 3–5 day delivery
- Standard (9–20 points): ₱1,500 · 3–5 day delivery
- Complex (21+ points): ₱2,500 · 5–7 day delivery
Rush delivery (24 hours) is available at +50%. Bundle 3 or more lots and get 20% off.
All you need to send us is the technical description from your title. A photo of the relevant page works fine.
Ready to See Where Your Land Is?
Send us your title's technical description and we'll turn it into a precise digital map. Anywhere in the Philippines.
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