Cadastre 2014: A Vision for Future Cadastral Systems

Abstract

SUMMARY A quickly growing world population leads to increasing utilization of natural resources and impacts on environment. The absolute control over his parcel the land owner used to have, is increasingly restricted by public regulations enacted in the interest of the society. The localization and the implementation of these regulations are not always fulfilled with the necessary care. The documentation is often insufficient and not open to the public. This implies the danger of arbitrariness. Modern cadastres, as outlined in the publication ‘Cadastre 2014; A Vision for A Future Cadastral System’ will be the future tools to handle the aspects of land appropriate. They create a model of the entire legal situation of land. Future cadastral systems will be public inventories of data concerning all legal land objects in a country and they provide legal security for the handling of regulations based on public law. Modern cadastres play the role of bookkeeping systems of land matters. Like commercial account systems, they are obeying internationally acknowledged principles of keeping records and they can be adapted to the needs of the different societies and legislations.