3D Cadastre Potential Assessment - A Trinidad and Tobago Property Valuation Perspective

Each country must assess its own potential for attaining a 3D cadastre in its land administration. The assessment can be done on several criteria among which are the state of its legislation supporting the establishment of the cadastre, the strength of its current spatial data infrastructure, the registration structures in place, and the...

Digital Transformation of Land Administration Systems - the Next Step toward 3D Land Administration

Introducing interoperability among spatial datasets and registers is one of the key drivers for optimizing public administration, starting from the simple automation of existing processes, to the overall transformation of the system, and the construction of modern user-oriented services. An additional incentive for such a transformation, in the...

3D Cadastres for Complex Extra-Legal and Informal Situations

3D cadastre research and development is most often directed at high valued urban land. The value of the land and the economic activity generated from transactions in this urban space potentially support the cost and time spent on establishing and maintaining a 3D cadastre. Data acquisition for construction and maintenance of the 3D cadastre is...

Extensions to the LADM Trinidad and Tobago toward a Juridical, Fiscal and Marine Cadastre

A proposed profile that can extend the current LADM to incorporate juridical, fiscal, and marine components of the land administration together is developed. A proposed profile for the LADM that would accommodate the existing legal components of the Trinidad and Tobago cadastre was previously designed. This profile is now extended to include the...

Toward the Development of LADM-based Marine Cadastres: Is LADM Applicable to Marine Cadastres?

Hoogsteden and Robertson (1998; 1999) were among very few early publications that supported the idea that consideration is to be given to the extension of “on-land” cadastral system into the offshore. It was circa 2001 that the terms “marine cadastre” or “marine cadastral” were first explicitly used in scholarly media and at professional...

Capturing Legal and Physical Boundary Differences in 3D Space – A Case Study of Trinidad and Tobago

Technology has simplified the construction of a 3D cadastre by allowing rapid, remote capture of the data required for the graphic components of the system. Research into using 3D information generated from laser scanning, LiDAr and satellite imagery, and aerial photography for Building Information Management (BIM) has advanced considerably over...

Initial Registration of 3D Parcels

Registering the rights of a 3D parcel provides certainty of ownership, protection of rights and unambiguous spatial location. While not all cadastral jurisdictions in the world maintain a digital cadastral database, the concepts of such registration hold true regardless of whether it is a paper-based cadastre or a digital one. Similarly, the...

Proposal for Taking the Current Cadastre to a 3D, LADM Based Cadastre in Trinidad and Tobago

The current cadastre in Trinidad and Tobago is 2D, only partially digital, and does not conform to the requirements of the LADM. A web accessible application, that has been recently developed, applies only to a subset of state land that has been leased to private individuals. A clear proposal for taking the current 2D system to a 3D, LADM-based...

Governance in 3D, LADM Compliant Marine Cadastres

Small Island Developing States (SIDS) generally have much larger marine areas to manage than land areas. This fact provides a challenge for the country’s security, governance of use rights, conflict management and resource preservation and sustainable exploitation. The sheer value of these expansive marine areas therefore demands that more...

Key Considerations for the Adaptation of the STDM for the OECS Member States

The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS), with the assistance of the Australian government’s aid agency, AusAID, and UNHabitat, is currently working on developing regional land policy guidelines that will address the most critical land issues being faced by the countries, not the least of which is the impending impact of climate...

An Analysis of the Necessity for 3D Cadastres with Reference to Trinidad and Tobago

The theoretical methodology for the construction of a 3D cadastre can be an interesting academic exercise that is worthy of investigation. For individual countries or jurisdictions, however, the practical possibility of implementation must be supported by a discussion of the situational need and a cost-benefit analysis of the concept. This...