Cadastral Futures building a new vision for the nature and role of cadastres XXIV FIG International Congress Sydney, April 11-15 Rohan Bennett, Abbas Rajabifard, Mohsen Kalantari, Jude Wallace, Ian Williamson Copyright The University of Melbourne 2008 Introduction In the final decades of the 20th century cadastral systems were revolutionized To remain relevant cadastral science must continue to look to the future This paper aims to begin a dialogue on the nature and role of future cadastres FIG Statement on the Cadastre Cadastre 2014 Land Administration Domain Model Multipurpose Cadastre Bogor & Bathurst Declarations Land Management paradigm Sydney, Australia, 11 16 April 2010 1
Research Design 1. Review of Cadastral Trends Multipurpose Cadastre Cadastre 2014 Cadastre and Sustainable Development SDI and the Butterfly 4. Articulation of Future Cadastres 2. Study of Future Scenarios Political Economic Social Technological Environmental 3. Analysis of Potential Cadastral Reponses Modern Cadastral Theories and Practice Prior to modern spatial information systems, cadastres primarily served fiscal or juridical functions. Land + + Records = $ or People Tax Post 1970, rapid developments in information technologies and the push for sustainable development led to new developments and applications for the cadastre Secure Owners Information Technology change force Records change force Sustainability Theory Sydney, Australia, 11 16 April 2010 2
Modern Cadastral Theories and Practice The Multipurpose Cadastre Tenure and value records Resources records Other records related records Administrative records Other parcel-related records Other Identifiers Parcel IDs Other overlays Data-exchange Conventions Base maps Geodetic reference framework Cadastral boundary overlay Source: National Research Council 1980 Modern Cadastral Theories and Practice Land Administration and Sustainable Development Brundtland Report 1987 Agenda 21 1992 Bogor Declaration 1996 Bathurst Declaration 1999 FIG Guides, Policies, and Workshops 2000s Sydney, Australia, 11 16 April 2010 3
Modern Cadastral Theories and Practice Cadastre 2014 Modern Cadastral Theories and Practice SDI and the Butterfly Sydney, Australia, 11 16 April 2010 4
Contemporary drivers for the cadastre Political and Legal Drivers Global Financial Crisis Sustainability and Climate Change Contemporary drivers for the cadastre Environmental Drivers Extreme weather events Sea-level rises Sydney, Australia, 11 16 April 2010 5
Contemporary drivers for the cadastre Technological Drivers Integration of CAD and GIS 3D Visualization Wireless Sensor Networks GNSS Volunteered Data Contemporary drivers for the cadastre Socio-economic Drivers Urbanization of the population Globalization Sydney, Australia, 11 16 April 2010 6
Future Cadastres Survey-Accurate Cadastres Future Cadastres Object-Oriented Cadastres Sydney, Australia, 11 16 April 2010 7
Future Cadastres 3D/4D Cadastres Future Cadastres Real-Time Cadastres Update takes weeks / months Update is instantaneous Sydney, Australia, 11 16 April 2010 8
Future Cadastres Global or Regional Cadastres Future Cadastres Organic Cadastres Sydney, Australia, 11 16 April 2010 9
Conclusions The drivers for change are clear Urbanization, globalization, climate-change, good governance, environmental management, disaster management, technology FIG Commission 7 provides an ideal vehicle for building and testing a new cadastral vision History of achievement, capacity in place The aim was to begin analysis and provide insights Survey-Accuracy, Object-Oriented Cadastres,3D/4D Cadastres,Real- Time Cadastres,Global Cadastres, and Organic Cadastres This is just a starting point Acknowledgements Thanks to my co-authors Abbas Rajabifard, Mohsen Kalantari, Jude Wallace, and Ian Williamson We would also like to acknowledge our collegues at the Centre for SDIs and Land Administration within the Department of Geomatics at The University of Melbourne Thanks also to our industry partners in our current ARC Linkage Project: A National Infrastructure for Managing Land Information. Copyright The University of Melbourne 2008 Sydney, Australia, 11 16 April 2010 10
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