Development of a better cadastral practive at the survey of Israel
Forrai, Joseph ... [et al.]
The Survey of Israel is a national agency for geodesy, cadastre and geographic information. The Survey is responsible for cadastral mapping, as a part of an inter-ministry procedure of documentation and registration of rights to land, according to a British mandatory law (Survey Ordnance, 1929). Private licensed surveyors are deeply involved in the cadastral activity. The cadastre system in Israel is based on Torrens registration principles. The responsibility for the inspection and the approval of block maps and mutation plans is shared by five district surveyors and three senior civil servants acting at SOI central office. This historical, geographic distribution led to heterogeneity of various local standards of working and managing methods and procedures, data formats, hardware and software facilities, etc. In the era of worldwide standardization, the Israeli cadastre practice remained anachronistically particular and essentially not standardized. At the end of 2003, a comprehensive project was initiated aiming at the establishment of a better, highly standardized and homogeneously regularized cadastral practice. The existing working procedures will be critically studied and analyzed, and practical steps for their improvement will be proposed. Furthermore, a software application will be specified for control, follow-up, management and decision making.
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