FIG-Commission 7
Working Group 7.1
"Reforming the Cadastre"
http://www.swisstopo.ch/fig-wg71/

Follow-Up Questionnaire on “Cadastre 2014”,
August 2000

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1. Issues and Activities Related to "Cadastre 2014"

1a) Was there some sort of acknowledgment of the 6 statements by professional associations and/or authorities in your country/state ?

1b) Was "Cadastre 2014" translated in your national language ? If yes, please give some details (sponsor, available through, published by). Has the translation been distributed among the professionals and in what context ? Is it available on the Internet (if yes, what is the address ?)

1c) Has "Cadastre 2014" been presented in your country/state, and were there panel discussions or similar events ?

1d) Have working groups been set up in your country/state to further investigate "Cadastre 2014" issues in your national context ?

1e) Is "Cadastre 2014" known and been acknowledged outside the surveying profession ? If yes, in which ones ?

 

2. Status of the 6 Statements

Please, comment the 6 statements from your country/state point of view, what the status of the statement is, how you rate its value, and any relevant critics or observations to it.

Statement 1):

Cadastre 2014 will show the complete legal situation of land, including public rights and restrictions!

2a) Are public rights and restrictions already included in your cadastre, or will they be in the near future ? What is your comment relative to statement 1) from your country/state point of view ?

Cadastre 2014 documenting "Private Law" and "Public Law"

2b) Does your cadastral system document both rights from "private law" as well as restrictions from "public law" ?

Concept of land objects:

2c) Is the concept of land objects adopted in the set-up of your cadastral system ? If yes, how ?

Principle of legal independence

2d) Is the principle of legal independence adopted in your cadastral set-up ? If yes, how ?

Statement 2):

The separation between 'maps' and 'registers' will be abolished!

2e) Are the organizations of 'maps' and 'registers' still separated or are they integrated ? What is your comment relative to statement 2) from your country/state point of view ?

Statement 3):

'Cadastral mapping' will be dead! Long lives modeling!

2f) Does data modeling play a role in your national Cadastre ? In what respect ? What is your comment relative to statement 3) from your country/state point of view ?

Statement 4):

'Paper and pencil cadastre' will be gone!

2g) Do 'paper and pencil' still play a role in your cadastre ? What is your comment relative to statement 4) ?

Statement 5):

Cadastre 2014 will be highly privatized! Public and private sector are working closely together!

2h) Is there a private sector in your country/state doing work for the cadastral system ? Are public and private sectors working together ? What is your comment to statement 5) from your point of view ?

Statement 6):

Cadastre 2014 will be cost recovering!

2i) Is your cadastre cost recovering now ? Will it be to a certain extend in the future ? What is your comment to statement 6) ?

3. Developments beyond "Cadastre 2014"

3a) In your country, do you see other important developments that go beyond "Cadastre 2014" ? Do the statements of "Cadastre 2014" lack of certain other developments or would there be other visions in the field of cadastre ? Does "Cadastre 2014" have obvious weaknesses ?

3b) Do you have any other observations concerning "Cadastre 2014" ?

Thank you for your time !