Method and system for acquiring data files of blocks of land and of building plans and for making matches thereof

Abstract

A method for matching building floor plans with specifications for blocks of land wherein the building floor plans comprise image files; the method comprising: storing specifications for each of a plurality of blocks of land in a database the specifications including lengths of block sides; processing the image files of each of the building floor plans to thereby store specifications for each of said plans in the database the processing including: converting text in each plan into parseable text and identifying numerical values in the string to extract length and width values for external dimensions of the floor plan, and identifying one or more orientation critical words from the text string and its position on the plan; and querying the database to determine compatible matches between a selected one of the building floor plans and the blocks of land, or vice-versa, taking into account the specifications including the extracted length and width values and the orientation critical words.

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