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A
cadastre (also spelled
cadaster) is a comprehensive register of the
real property of a country, and commonly includes details of the
ownership, the
tenure, the precise
location (some can include
GPS coordinates), the dimensions (and area), the cultivations if rural and the
value of individual parcels of land.
The word came into
English by way of
French and
Italian, variously attributed to the
Late Latin capitastrum, a register of the
poll tax, and the
Greek κατάστιχον [
katastikhon], a list or register, from κατά στίχον [
katastikhon], literally, "down the line", in the sense of "line by line."
It gives rise to the adjective
cadastral, used in
public administration, primarily for ownership and
taxation purposes. The terminology used for cadastral divisions may include
counties,
parishes,
ridings,
hundreds,
sections,
lots,
blocks and
city blocks.
Cadastral surveys are used to document land ownership, by the production of documents, diagrams, sketches,
plans (plats in USA), charts, and maps. They were originally used to ensure reliable facts for land valuation and taxation. An example from early
England is the
Domesday Book.
Napoleon established a comprehensive cadastral system for France which is regarded as the of most modern versions. Cadastral survey information is often a base element in Geographic/Land Information systems used to assess and manage land and built infrastructure. Such systems are also employed on a variety of other tasks, for example, to track long-term changes over time for geological or ecological studies, where land tenure is a significant part of the senario.
A
cadastral map is a
map showing the
boundaries and ownership of land parcels. Some cadastral maps show additional details, such as survey district names, unique identifying numbers for parcels, Certificate of Title numbers, positions of existing structures, section and/or lot numbers and their respective areas, adjoining and adjacent street names, selected boundary dimensions and references to prior maps.
In most countries legal systems have developed around the original administrative systems and use the cadastre as a means of defining the dimensions and location of
land parcels described in legal documentation. This leads to the use of the cadastre as a fundamental source of data in disputes and
lawsuits between landowners.
In the
United States, Cadastral Survey within the
Bureau of Land Management is responsible for maintaining records of all public lands. Such surveys often required detailed investigation of the history of land use, legal accounts and other documents.
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