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Cadastre in West Europe
For
historical reasons, there are basic similarities among all the ca-
dastres of Western Europe. They are all, in one way or another, based
on the principles of the French cadastre as defined by Napoleon early
in the nineteenth century. A basic principle was that it should consist
of the two main parts: a verbal description and a map showing the lo-
cations and boundaries of all land units. The maps were established
systematically, area by area, by relatively uniform cadastral surveys,
which produced not only the maps but also
the field notes on which
they were based. The unique cadastral number of each land unit –
normally the parcel rather than the farm unit – served as a link be-
tween map and description. Since the main purpose was taxation, the
original cadastre was arranged according to the names of the owners,
showing each owner's parcels with area, land use, arranged according
to the numbers of the parcels.
An important feature of these developments is the connection be-
tween the cadastre and the land register. In Germany, Austria, Swit-
zerland and the Netherlands, there is nowadays
a very close link be-
tween cadastres and land registers. In the Netherlands, both are main-
tained by the same organization in common offices. In other countries
mentioned above, the legal units used in the land registers are also
identical with the cadastral units or combinations of them. Because of
the unique definitions in the cadastral records and maps, it has been
possible to introduce systems of title registration with a high degree of
security and reliability in all these countries.
In France – the mother country of the cadastre – the unification of
the cadastre and the land register has not progressed as far. For one
thing, the French cadastre is not as comprehensive nor is it maintained
in quite the same way as in the aforementioned countries. It also has
less legal validity, and is still mainly a fiscal cadastre lacking the very
close link between cadastre and legal land registers.
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A common trait in all of Western Europe
is that the cadastre pro-
vides systematic coverage of the entire territory, and that collected and
recorded data are continually updated. Parcels are described according
to their uses, square measures and taxation values, their buildings and
topography; ownership is recorded; links to other administrative regis-
ters and files are established. A general trend is that the original fiscal
aspect of the cadastre is becoming less and less pronounced, while its
role as the basis of a general land information system is assuming in-
creasing importance.
In
all Western European countries, cadastral maps are used for
many purposes. In Switzerland, for example, the towns often produce
extremely accurate municipal maps based on cadastral information.
The integration of cadastral surveys with other kinds of large scale
mapping for urban purposes is a common trend in other countries
within the region as well. With regard to the cadastral survey, there
has generally been a trend towards using increasingly accurate meth-
ods,
and at the same time, assigning more and more weight to the de-
marcation of boundaries and to agreements between the owners.
While cadastral maps were originally of the "island map" type, de-
picting only the cadastral block or section in question, they now in-
creasingly take the form of "comprehensive maps" covering a stan-
dard-sized map sheet. This is partly a consequence of the transforma-
tion from taxation cadastres to multipurpose cadastres. It is also due to
the fact that nowadays all cadastral surveys in Western Europe are
adapted to a national grid with a common co-ordinate system. It is,
therefore, also possible to integrate cadastral surveying and general
topographical surveying, and to use a common sheet division for both
types of surveys.
The administration of the cadastre is organized
in a variety of ways
in different countries. In Germany and the Netherlands, the cadastral
authorities were initially government officers connected to the Minis-
try of Finance. But as a consequence of the expanded function of the
cadastre as the basis of a multipurpose land information system, the
Dutch cadastre, for example, was reorganized as a separate division
within the Ministry of Housing, Physical
Planning and the Environ-
ment. In other countries like France, Switzerland and Belgium, the
principle work of cadastral surveying is left to licensed surveyors.
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