Abstract
Cadastral Framework and Development Issues in Ukraine and Baltics.
Track: Cadastral and Land Records
Author
The development of a national cadastral framework in the Ukraine and the Baltic Republics (Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia) as well as in other parts of the former Soviet Union is a major undertaking in which Esri GIS has been playing a critical role since the early 1990's. This paper recounts the status of that process and underscores the major technical and administrative hurdles that have been overcome. However, the process has been beset by a number of issues, notably the complex history of ownership of former state property, establishment of geodetic controls and property boundaries, uncertainty about priorities and limited funding. The differences between the relative successes of the Baltic Republics and the relative lack of progress in the Ukraine also provides valuable insights into factors affecting this process which is essential to the integration of these newly independent nations into the global economic community and world geospatial data infrastructure.
Mark Leipnik
Sam Houston State University
Dept of Geography
1900 Ave I
Huntsville, Texas 77341
United States
Phone: (936) 294 3698
Fax: (936) 294 3940
E-mail: geo_mrl@shsu.edu
Serhiy Kyrychenko
The Diagnostic and Telemetry Systems
Vyshgorodska Str 28/1
Kyiv 04074
Ukraine
Phone: 308 44 3830020
E-mail: ksd@ukr.net