The Austrian land cadastre: from the earliest beginnings to the modern land information system

Abstract

The objective of this discussion is the Austrian land
\ncadastre, which forms the basis of the Austrian land
\ninformation system, together with the land registry. From
\na data structure perspective, the Austrian land cadastre is a
\ntraditional parcel-oriented system and includes a geometric
\ndescription of land plots linked to other records describing
\nthe nature of the land plots. The changeable institutional
\n(legal) framework was shaped the continuous development
\nof the Austrian land cadastre since the first systematic land
\nsurvey and cadastral mapping at the beginning of the 19th
\ncentury. With the progress of information technology in
\nrecent decades, it has been developed into a contemporary
\nland information system, which (together with the land
\nregistry) provides up-to-date land information. It has to
\nbe emphasized that the current land cadastre still contains
\nsome data from its very beginning and, for this reason, the
\nhistorical development of this evidence, including data
\nsources, is of great importance for users of these data. The first
\npart of the article provides an introduction to the historical
\ndevelopment of the Austrian land cadastre, followed by
\nthe presentation of contents and procedures of the current
\nland cadastre.