Floss in Cadastre and Land Registration

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FLOSS in Cadastre  

and Land Registration

Opportunities and Risks

Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft

Confédération suisse

Confederazione Svizzera

Confederaziun svizra

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FLOSS in Cadastre and Land Registration

Opportunities and Risks

Compiled and edited by  

Daniel Steudler, Mika-Petteri Törhönen and Gertrude Pieper

April 2010

Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft

Confédération suisse

Confederazione Svizzera

Confederaziun svizra

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FLOSS Cadastre

Compiled and edited by Daniel Steudler, Mika-Petteri Törhönen and Gertrude Pieper.

Graphic layout by Federal Office of Topography swisstopo, Wabern, Switzerland.

Cover: Rice harvesting in Kampong Cham province, Cambodia. Photograph by Chris Joseph, New Zealand. 

Source code from gvSIG Desktop GIS.

Published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the International  Federation 

of Surveyors (FIG).

Copyright © The International Federation of Surveyors (FIG) and the Food and Agriculture Organization 

of the United Nations (FAO), April 2010.

All rights reserved.

Acknowledgements

This booklet would not have been possible without the support of many. We would like to thank the  

FIG-Commission 7, its delegates, and the many working group members for their continuing support of  

our work. We would  especially like to thank the contributing authors for their invaluable input to this  

booklet. We also wish to acknowledge the  support and assistance of FAO and its Land  Tenure Group.  

Lastly, printing was made possible by the  sponsorship of FAO.

To all of these kind supporters, we give our most cordial thanks.

Disclaimer

The designations employed and the presentation of material in this information product do not imply the 

expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United 

Nations (FAO) or the Interna tional Federation of Surveyors (FIG) concerning the legal or development status 

of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or 

boundaries. The mention of specific companies or products of manufacturers, whether or not these have 

been patented, does not imply that these have been endorsed or recommended by FAO or FIG in preference 

to others of a similar nature that are not mentioned. The views expressed in this information product are 

those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of FAO or FIG.

ISBN 978-92-5-106510-5

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Acknowledgements

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List of Figures and Tables 

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Foreword 

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1. Introduction

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