Information System ofCadastre of Real Estates

of the Czech Republicas a tool supportingReal Estate Market

Vít SuchánekCzech Office for Surveying, Mapping and Cadastre

UN ECE WPLA WorkshopAthens, 28 - 31 May 2003

Czech Office for Surveying, Mapping and Cadastre

Manages independent sector of state administration

Main areas of responsibilities and duties:Cadastre of Real Estates - 90 % activitiesSurveying and Mapping

Maintenance of geodetic controlLarge-, medium- and small-scale State mapsFundamental Base of Geographic Data (GIS)Geodetic surveys at state boundaries

Development and maintenance of Information Systems of Surveying, Mapping and CadastreOther tasks (research, international cooperation, …)

Structure of the branch of COSMC

COSMC(78 em ployees)

Land Survey Office(420 em ployees)

7 Cadastral and Survey Inspectorates(98 em ployees)

77 Cadastral Offices(5321 em ployees)

Research Institute(50 em ployees)

Branch of COSMC

Cadastre of Real Estates (CRE)Encompasses both legal and technical aspects to real estates ( operates as Land Registry, too)

Cadastral Offices decide on Entry into CadastreOwners of real estate have to be registered in Cadastre

Main parts:Written – e.g. owners, parcels, land use, etc., legal relation to real estates – e.g. titles, mortgages, etc., completely computerisedGraphical – cadastral maps (both paper – 80% and digitised – 20%, full coverage in 2008)

Tradition since 1817, degradation 1950-1989, restoration after 1989, current Cadastre came into being on 1.1. 1993

Information System of CRE

Development 1997 – 2001Probably a unique time of development in Europe

Operational run started on 3 September 2001Comprehensive and country-wide unified tool supporting all aspects of state administration of CadastreCentral and local databases connected by WAN – central database is up-to-dateNew ways of diffusion of cadastral data

Technology background

OS: Unix (central), WNT a W2000 (local)Client/Server architectureWANOracle database enginesBentley Microstation and GeoOutlookCA TNG Unicenter – system management:

Anti-virus, sw delivery, remote control, Help Desk, OS and Oracle agents, asset management, back-up,…

BEA Weblogic Server for Internet3 servers and LAN at each local workplaceAbout 5200 PC workstations

WAN ČÚZK768 kBit/s

512 kBit/s

32-64 kBit/s

PRAHA

LIBEREC

PLZEŇ

ČESKÉ BUDĚJOVICE

BRNO

PARDUBICE

OPAVA

COSMC

Main resultsIntegration of written and mapping parts in one databaseOptimised functionality, possibilities to view historical and „future“ data Complies with national standardsCo-operation with registers of inhabitants and companiesReal time data in centreRemote access to cadastral dataImproved security

Significance of IS CRE for Real Estate Market

Legal securityFull compliance with legislation (example: distraint)Reliability and robustnessAll operations are logged

Sufficient capacity and performanceDiffusion of cadastral information

Entries into Cadastre

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Diffusion of cadastral information

By-law 162/2001 Coll.:Data files - Exchange Formats

„Old“ - till 2004 „New“ - some advantages

Title Deeds - Public DocumentsOther reports and copies (not public documents)

Remote access External - via Internet Internal - via WAN, clients at cadastral offices can get

data from the whole territory

Provision of public documents

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Remote access via InternetClients can get basically the same data, as available at Cadastral OfficesReports contain time of validity – time of last connection with local databaseAvailable data:

Cadastral dataData related to procedures at cadastral officesClient’s data –accounts, changes of password, etcTraining system

Remote access is a paid service, contract is necessary

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Remote access clients

Other

(180)Lawyers / Notaries

(440)

Transport /

Telecommunications (96)

Commercial / Tax

Advisors (59)Banks /Insurance

Companies (111)

Tradesmen (205)

Private surveyors (89)

Agriculture / Forest /

Water Management (109)Public

Administration

(73)

Trade

(414)

Designers

(61)

Distrainers

(111)

Production

(272)

Estate Agencies

(537)

Remote access from the point of view of Real Estate Market

Positive aspect – decisive players show interestEstate Agencies 537 clients, Banks (111), Lawyers and Notaries (440), Designers (61)

Influence could be higher – small interest of public administration bodies (73 clients only)

Paid service – call for free of charge serviceUtilisation of remote access has not been implemented in administrative proceedings

External remote access 2002: 177 687 reportsInternal remote access 2002: 103 972 reports

Conclusion

IS CRE – well functioning and reliable systemBenefits to Real Estate Market – existing and future

Support and continuous development are necessary in order to satisfy demands from

LegislationDemands of state administration of cadastreAccommodation to e-Government concept

Some uncertainty in funding

Thank you for your attention!Questions?

References:vit.suchanek@cuzk.cz

http://www.cuzk.czRemote access: http://katastr.cuzk.cz