FOUR POINT C O NT I NU O U S L EA R NI NG

L E A R N I N G FOR LAND PROFESSIONALS

SURVEY LAW 2

ONLINE RESOURCES for Section 1

• Registry Act and Land Titles Act — These two Acts are the basic statutory references for
this session.

• Report on Land Title Conveyance Practices and Fraud — This report written in 2003 by
Professor Norman Siebrasse for the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC)
is a good analysis of the risks and issues that can be found to apply in a registration of
title vs. a registration of deeds system.

• Terranet — From New Zealand, this automated land registration system has evolved to
the present state of art and claims to:

... make property decision-making simpler and faster by providing you with a
comprehensive range of straightforward, useful, and easy to understand
property reports and legal documents. If you require legal documentation you
can order Certificates of Title, Title Plans, Deposited Plans, Instruments as well as
other legal documents, all at the click of a button ...

• Cadastre 2014: A Vision for a Future Cadastral System — In 1998, Jürg Kaufmann and
Daniel Steudler, members of the Working Group 1 of FIG Commission 7, co-authored
this report. It was heralded as ground-breaking document and served as a template for
much of the work that followed in cadastral reform and new studies.

• Cadastre 2014: From Vision to GIS — Cadastre 2014 is a concept that emerged as a
theoretical possibility in the 1990s. In the decades that have passed, there are many
articles and papers which have been published – most with a view to making the
concepts practical, or attempting to implement features that have remained elusive.
This paper is a good example of such studies.

• The Boundary Concept in Cadastre 2014 — This is another interesting study. In reading
this paper, ask yourself: "How relevant are the concepts to what prevails in your
province?"

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• Beyond Cadastre 2014: Let the Dialogue Begin — As we look beyond 2014, consider as
well the concepts suggested by the authors of this article.

• Cadastre 2034: A 10-20 Year Strategy — Cadastre 2034 is a comprehensive 10-20 year
cadastral strategy, designed to ensure that in the future New Zealanders will be able to
more easily understand where their rights in land actually are, and visualise those rights
– and any restrictions and responsibilities – in three dimensions..

• Understanding Cadastral Maps — This 1996 study discusses the different characteristics
of cadastral maps which have been designed for different users or functions. In
particular the paper concentrates on the issues concerned with developing digital multi-
purpose cadastral maps.

• Cadastral surveys and records of rights in land — Despite the age of the original
material, it contains fundamental truths that are as valid today as they were in the
1950s. This resource is current in terms of capturing basic concepts of the relationship
between cadastral surveys as work on maintaining the cadastral fabric and a land
registration system in terms of its capture of parcel title information which hangs on
that cadastral fabric. Likewise, although changes have occurred in the technology and
tools by which progress has been noted, the underlying principles are timeless and
deserve a closer scrutiny. Accordingly, references to developments in information
technology and the manner in which these impinge on modern land registration and
cadastral systems will be illustrated during classes.

• Best Practices 3D Cadastres — This FIG publication is the result of an international

collaboration in response to the increasing complexity of infrastructures and densely
built-up areas. The reported practices – including information on the legal foundations
and initial registration of 3D parcels – are an interesting read.

• Boundary Survey — This video by Ludlow Engineering and Land Surveying explains the
importance of boundary survey.