Towards a Standardized Concept of Multipurpose Land Administration

A more extensive use of land administration data began with the development of multipurpose cadastral systems. However, establishing of multipurpose cadastral systems has proven to be a task more demanding than expected, so hardly any country has one that is really efficient. Only with a start of a more extensive introduction of IT technologies have the prerequisites for developing of multipurpose land administration system really been fulfilled. Still, the differences resulting from basic concepts (e.g. deed vs. title registration, fixed vs. general boundaries, institutional and jurisdictional differences) require on a per country approach to be applied when multipurpose land administration systems are to be implemented. LADM can be used as a facilitator for the development of a standardized concept for a multipurpose land administration system, however it first needs to be adjusted to local conditions. The inclusion of all the involved stakeholders directly into an integrated LAS would not result in an efficient system. The analysis of parts of LAS indicates that the most appropriate solution is a distributed MLAS based on the interoperability of its parts. The analysis focuses on components (registers) to be included in order to satisfy as many users as possible.