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where might a real estate legal description most likely include a datum
In today’s real estate world, the most common use of a datum is found in a metes and bounds legal description of a property.
where else could the datum information be used
Condominiums located on upper floors or lower floors may be described in reference to a datum, which is a point, line, or surface from which elevations are measured.

Question: why is the information necessary
Self-contained rewrite: why is datum necessary