LADM and its role in establishing cadastral systems

Abstract

The Land Administration Domain Model (LADM) makes a significant contribution to understanding the importance of data modelling in the domain of land, land adminis- tration and land management. The ‘Cadastre 2014’ vision of the International Federa- tion of Surveyors (FIG) stated back in 1998: “Cadastral mapping will be dead! Long live modelling!”. While one might think that this message was clear enough, few profession- al colleagues took it seriously. The editorial team of the LADM were the first to undertake action to get to the bottom of this important issue. Now that the LADM has become an official ISO standard, that statement is strongly underpinned.