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Cadastral Template - A Worldwide Comparison of Cadastral Systems

The "Cadastral Template" has been developed by a research group at the Department of Geomatics of the University of Melbourne. It consists of cadastral country reports based on a jointly developed PCGIAP/FIG template.


FIG Commission 7 Annual Meeting, 6-10 September, Kralovy Vary, Czech Republic.

More information and online registration: http://figc7am2010.xf.cz


Invitation to Commission 3 and 7 Workshop - 15-17 November 2010, Sofia, Bulgaria as well as Commission 3 Annual Meeting

Theme of the Workshop is "Information and Land Management. A Decade after the Millennium".

Please note the changed dates for papers:

Full paper refereed channel
Full paper submission deadline: 1 September 2010
Notification of acceptance for presentation / and notification of acceptance through the peer review: 10 October 2010
Final paper submission deadline: 31 October 2010

Abstract refereed channel
Extended abstract submission deadline: 1 September 2010
Notification of acceptance for presentation: 10 October 2010
Paper submission deadline: 31 October 2010

Web site: www.conference.kig-bg.org 
Invitation and call for paper (PDF)


Commission 7 at the FIG Congress 2010 in Sydney, Australia, 11-16 April 2010

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Daniel Roberge

Commission 7 had its meeting during the FIG Congress 2010 in Sydney, Australia, 11-16 April 2010. The General Assembly appointed Mr. Daniel Roberge from Canada as the Chair of Commission 7 for 2011-2014.


Commission 7 Newsletter - December 2009

FAO and FIG Commission 7 WG 7.3 publication "FLOSS in Cadastre and Land Registration - Opportunities and Risks"
FAO Land Tenure Group and FIG Commission 7 WG 7.3 have launched a publication “FLOSS in Cadastre and Land Registration - Opportunities and Risks”. Land administration and cadastral systems in the 21st century depend on the use of information technology (IT) tools. The application of these tools affects very much the systems’ efficiency and costs. While commercial softwares have helped to establish the infrastructures of today and continue to do so, open-source alternatives, which have achieved considerable significance in many IT fields, have grown to provide credible alternatives for consideration. For various reasons, however, they are not often used in land administration and cadastre, even when their potential is increasingly recognised. This booklet aims to shed light on this potential, exploring the advantages, and disadvantages of open source solutions within the context of cadastre and land registration. The publication is the result of four years of cooperation between FAO and FIG WG 7.3.

FIG Commission 7 Annual Meeting 2009 and One-Day Open Symposium on "Progressing Towards u-Cadastre" - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 12-16 October 2009

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One-day Open Symposium in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

This year's FIG Commission 7 Annual Meeting was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia just before the Regional Conference. More than 40 delegates from 22 countries participated the meeting. At the meeting András Osskó, Chair of the Commission, and Commission 7 working group chairs gave reports on the Commission 7 activities. The One-day Open Symposium on „Progressing Towards ubiquitous Cadastre” was a successful event: Besides of international delegates more than 200 professionals attended from Malaysia and and neighbouring countries. Read more...

Proceedings of the One-Day Open Symposium


What is Commission 7?

Commission 7 deals with land administration ('the process of determining, recording, and disseminating information about the ownership, value and use of land when implementing land management policies', ref. UNECE Land Administration Guidelines 1996). 'Ownership' should be seen as a broad concept of land tenure within various jurisdictions (statutory, customary, informal etc.). 'Land' includes constructions at subsurface level, ground level and above land level (e.g. buildings). Furthermore Commission 7 deals with land management, that is the implementation of land policy, by a wide range of land policy instruments (e.g. land reform, land consolidation, land markets, land taxation, marine resource management etc.).

In 'key words' Commission 7 deals with

  • land tenure
  • institutional context of land
  • land law and land related laws
  • land related public administration
  • public and private roles in land administration
  • land registration and land recording
  • cadastres, land registers and cadastral maps
  • cadastral surveying and mapping
  • non parcel based land information systems
  • informal settlements and formalization processes
  • land related information management and business administration
  • re-engineering and cadastral reform
  • land policy and land policy instruments
  • land markets, land use planning, land taxation
  • land and marine resource management
  • land reform and land redistribution
  • land consolidation and urban land readjustment
  • access to land by women and vulnerable groups

 The Commission is organised with three Working Groups.


Chair of FIG Commission 7
Mr. András Ossko
FÖMI
Institute of Geodesy Cartography and Remote Sensing
Bosnyák tér 5
Budapest
1149
HUNGARY
Tel. +36 1 460 4038
E-mail: ossko.andras@fomi.hu
FIG Commission 7 Webmaster
FIG Office
International Federation of Surveyors, FIG
Kalvebod Brygge 31-33
DK-1780 Copenhagen V
DENMARK
e-mail: FIG@fig.net
Tel + 45 3886 1081
Fax + 45 3886 0252
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