Cadastre – An Essential Component in Developing Spatial Data

Cadastre is dynamic and continues to modify its role in society, in as much due the evolution of necessities as due to the generated impacts of scientific and technological development within the field and its area of interest. The development of communications (electronic mail, Internet) has made it possible to share cadastral experiences with larger communities of national and international dimensions while generating new opportunities, especially in those countries whose economies limit the more expensive forms of communication. These new perspectives have made it possible for different players at local, national, regional and international levels involved with land information to combine their forces, direct their objectives, and steer towards collaborative projects with the aim of maximising the social, economic and environmental benefits of land information. Spatial Data Infrastructures emerged within this context, in as much on the global level as on the regional, national, and local level. On the regional level on the American continent, the Permanent Committee on Spatial Dat