Benchmarking Cadastral Systems

Abstract

Increasingly countries are looking at ways to improve the performance of their cadastral systems and are examining ‘bench marking’ as one option. As with all comparative analyses, including benchmarking, obtaining useable data is critical. This paper presents the results of a project to compare the performance of cadastral systems internationally, undertaken over the last two years by Commission 7, International Federation of Surveyors (FIG) (which is responsible for cadastre and land management matters within the FIG). The paper Is primarily concerned with presenting data based on appropriate performance indicators and does not attempt to draw conclusions from the data. The Commission believes the results of this project will be useful to other countries wishing to improve their own cadastral systems. In addition the project has identified the very real difficulties in developing appropriate performance indicators for cadastral systems because of differences in the interpretation of cadastral definitions due to cultural, legal, social and institutional differences in those countries involved in the project.