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Ready, Set, Research! [Video]

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RAQ: How to export details of your saved research from VuMAP to a spreadsheet. For a lightweight application, VuMAP sure does some heavy lifting when it comes to day to day productivity in your real estate or law practice. Today's rarely asked question highlights a simple but powerful built-in tool that will help speed up your research; the query tool. Find the location on a map Query to review the attributes of features in the area Bookmark the chosen features Save the attribute information to a spreadsheet   The video below will show you how, and lets you preview the property parcel features you won't see with a free trial subscription.

Just For Law: Montreal

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Bonjour Law Clerks! Join First Base Solutions in Montreal, May 11-14 2016, for the 26th annual Institute of Law Clerks of Ontario Conference: Just For Law . First Base Solutions is proud to be a silver sponsor at this year’s event.  Visit our booth, stay and chat, watch a demonstration. Learn how to integrate our mapping technology into your legal work. Related: Law Of The Land - Use mapping and aerial imagery to enhance your legal research

The Tort Of Nuisance

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Law of the Land: Smed v. Priddis Greens Golf & Country Club, 2011 No matter what kind of law you practice, brushing up on your geography skills can help you quickly get to the root of land based legal research. Read below to see how mapping and aerial imagery is being utilized in Canadian law: Related: Law Of The Land

Law Of The Land

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Use mapping and aerial imagery to enhance your legal research Maps are an essential tool to interpret other documents. Visual materials are naturally easy to present and explain to others. No matter what kind of law you practice, brushing up on your geography skills can help you quickly get to the root of land based legal research. Read below to see how mapping and aerial imagery is being utilized in Canadian law.

Adverse Possession

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Law of the Land: Goode v. Hudon, 2005 No matter what kind of law you practice, brushing up on your geography skills can help you quickly get to the root of land based legal research. Read below to see how mapping and aerial imagery is being utilized in Canadian law: Related: Law Of The Land

How To Reference Digital Maps as Cited Works

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Beyond the book report If you need to reproduce a section of our maps and imagery to incorporate into your design proposal, research results, or similar professional documentation, spare a little room in your composition to cite your data sources correctly.  It not only fulfills the legal requirements of our EULA , the credibility and professionalism of your work goes up as well. Below you'll find some common examples for citing the source of data you've acquired from First Base Solutions as an inline citation in the border of a map or graphical compilation of data, figure details, footnote, or bibliography.

Does Researching Land Information Make You Feel Lost? [Infographic]

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Take the VuMAP Shortcut Download the infographic below to see how much time and money you can save on property and title searches compared to traditional methods.

How To Learn About A Property In Ontario [Infographic]

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Researching land information?  Download the infographic below to find a solution for every industry.

VuMAP Helps Property Research

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Save time and money in a few easy steps If you're a title search specialist, a law clerk, or perform similar property research functions as part of your business, you can use VuMAP , a feature-packed online mapping application with easy to use , built in tools to research property information, compare aerial imagery year over year, and measure, draw and make notes over the map, to save time and money on difficult searches. Follow the step by step example below to see how.

VuMAP Tutorial: VIEW, QUERY, MEASURE, REPORT

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Learn your way Watch the video or or follow the script below. The video is split into 4 parts: View, Query, Measure, Report. View: learn the basics Query: tools for researching property information Measure: tools for planning and projects Report: importing, exporting, sharing, and printing    Related: Saving, Surfing, or Streaming? How to choose the data delivery method that's right for your project

The Bottom Line

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The Power of You 25th Annual Conference The Institute of Law Clerks of Ontario Sheraton On The Falls Niagara Falls, Ontario Wednesday, May 27 - Saturday, 30, 2015 In today's growing markets it's becoming harder and harder each year to turn profits. Competition is growing Consumers want to pay less but receive more Increase in overall cost Standing out is becoming harder   To combat these concerns many companies are looking at new ways to approach traditional problems;

The Power of VU

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The Power of You 25th Annual Conference The Institute of Law Clerks of Ontario Sheraton On The Falls Niagara Falls, Ontario Wednesday, May 27 - Saturday, 30, 2015 First Base Solutions is proud to be the gold sponsor at this year’s event and will be hosting a breakfast for all attendees on Thursday May 28, 2015 from 7:30-8:45.

The Secret Weapon for Difficult Searches

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Title Searching in the Digital Age If your job as a law clerk involves searching real estate title information, you’ve likely had difficulty finding municipal tax roll numbers and legal descriptions for new acquisitions. Limited information about a property Outdated legal descriptions The property’s previous registered owner has changed names Multiple PINs for large properties

Top Three Ways Location Intelligence Helps Lawyers

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You're a specialist, not a jack-of-all-trades.  Luckily, you no longer need to be an expert in GIS to get what you need from mapping technology. First Base Solutions has developed VuMAP , a feature packed online mapping application with intuitive tools to help you view, query, measure, and report.  We can also prepare any kind of custom mapping to support your legal work.