Introduction

In principle, this book follows the description of a cadastre as it is given in the FIG (International Federation of Surveyors) Statement on the Cadastre:48

Although the aim of this book is not to focus on one cadastre in particular, the Dutch Cadastre will be used as the main example. In the Netherlands the Cadastre, which is the responsibility of the Netherlands Cadastre and Land Registry Agency (Kadaster), comprises both cadastral registration and land registration. Land registration (in the Netherlands) is a public register in which documents describing interests in land are kept. In some countries land registration refers to the ordered and recorded legal documents as in the Netherlands, also called a deed registration, whereas in other countries land registration refers to a property register, also called a title registration.