The development of a spatial component to the Icelandic cadastre
Ingvarsson, Tryggvi Mar, Tom Barry and Margret Hauksdottir
The spatial delimitation of ownership rights remains absent from the land registration procedure and this has created confusion in the registration process. A change in the nature of Icelandic society and land use combined with the increasing value of land has led to a situation where the current system is in need of reformation. This document presents the Land Registry of Icelandds (LRI) response to these changes. The importance of a good strategy, which is open for discussion and development is essential and cannot be underestimated. The LRIIs vision is to develop a cadastral map component, within the current Land Registry Database, which will serve as a one-stop-access point to all information affecting land tenure. Initially emphasis will be placed upon parcels and in the future structures, address locations and utilities will be included. The design ideology will be built upon a model driven architecture influenced by the Core Cadastral Domain Model. The complete system will function as a service that either uses or is used by other services e.g. using WMS or WFS specifications. Iceland is too large and sparsely populated to allow the LRI to request accurate boundaries on a nationwide basis. Thus a topological spatial model is preferred, supporting incremental build-up and later improvements of data. The emphasis is not on accuracy and measurement techniques but rather on intensive quality management enabling future refinements.
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