Modernising cadastral records in Romania

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Modernising cadastral records in Romania

• Florin Ciobanu Vice-president NOCGC
• Mihai Calineanu Director of CIG NOCGC
• David Harris Project Manager
• Ionut Savoiu General Director, BlomInfo Romania
• Athens, 28th of May, 2003

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Cadastral records in Romania

• Land use cadastre
• Land book system
• Land reform started in 1991
• The new Cadastre Law in 1996

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Responsabilities on land registration

• Public Administration Ministry - National Office
  for Cadastre Geodesy and Cartography
• Ministry of Justice Land Book Offices

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NOCGC

• Initiates regulations, laws and technical
  specifications
• Coordinates land reform activities
• Certifies private surveyors and surveying
  companies
• Maintains the state geodetic control point
  network
• Coordinates and controls systematic and sporadic
  cadastral registrations
• Together with the Ministry of Justice organises
  information exchange with Land Book offices

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WB Project for Cadastre and Land Registration -
Components

• Works (USD 0.1 million)
• Goods (USD 2.0 million)
• Technical services (USD 13.8 million)
• Aerial photography and orthophoto mapping
• Cadastre services based on (new) orthophoto maps
  or existing maps
• Procurement and installation of a cadastre IT
  system
• Consultant Services and Training (USD 1 million)
• Institutional strengthening (USD 0.5 million)

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WB Project for Cadastre and Land Registration -
Objectives

• Create a new cadastre system and extend the Land
  Book system
• Secure land ownership simplify land transaction
• Create a dynamic land market support land
  consolidation
• Support the development of a private sector

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Cadastre index map based on orthophoto in
Dambovita County

• Project area c. 333,000 Ha

• 73 Administrative territories (out of 82 County
  total)

• Divided in 9 Deliveries

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Components of the index map
Vector
Graphic DB
Raster
Text DB
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General Workflow
Document/Maps receiving
Data Conversion
Database Creation
Integration
Delivery
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Detailed Work Flow
Inventory QC
Inventory QC
Inventory
Doc Maps Reception
Documents scanning
Maps scanning and georeferencing
Documents scanning QC
Maps and orthophoto integration in ATW
Georeferenced raster maps QC
Documents scanning QC
Georeferenced raster maps QC
Production plan preparation
Vectorisation of Admin, Intravillan, Cadastre
Sector and Tarla Index
Text data input L18 (all data), SR/HG834 (limited
data)
Borders QC
Borders QC
Establish Geodetic control points database
Field sketches plotting
Reporting unlocated indexes to OJCGC
Field sketches scanning georeferencing
Text data print for field work
Field work
Geodetic Control points QC
Geodetic Control points QC
Text data input from fieldwork
OJCGC locating unlocated Indexes
Vectorisation of Imobil and Infras
Text data input additional data for located
SR/HG834
Receiving located indexes from OJCGC
Vectorisation QC
Vectorisation QC
Integration
Text database QC
Text database QC
Final QC
Data copy to CD
Plotting
Final QC
Delivery
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Data conversion process
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Cadastre index map based on orthophoto maps -
Problems with existing records

• De jure de facto
• Source documents errors
• Geographic differences
• Accuracy
• Physical condition
• Property location

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Achievments May 2002 - May 2003

• 161,049 properties identified in the field
• 90,000 land reform titles issued between 1991 and
  April 2002 scanned, text data input,
  georeferenced
• 40,000 sporadic documents registered between 1998
  - April 2002 scanned and input, georeferenced
• 450,000 parcels recorded in the database
• 2500 index maps plotted
• Complete assessment of data available on the
  covered area

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Index map based on orthophoto a perfect tool for
NOCGC

• Land reform assessment
• QC tool of cadastre works (Land reform, sporadic)
• Mass registration

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Further steps to be done

• Procedures for updating the data
• Procedures for quality improvement of the data
  from Land Reform
• Data publication campaign
• Procedures for mass registration and data
  dissemination
• Finalise the strategy for cadastre data conversion

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Thank you!