Abstract
Land administration is an essential part of public administration. Geographic Information Science (GIScience) deals with the concepts, principles, and models of geographic information. Land administration has always adopted new technological and scientific developments and thus it is reasonable to check, which results from GIScience can be used to improve land administration systems. This editorial paper introduces the key research areas for land administration. After that, 12 original papers are presented, which provide a general picture of recent trends in land administration research. This Special Issue shows that land administration as a scientific field is still evolving and adopting to the changing societal needs.
Highlights
Land administration is one of several linked concepts related to the use of land [1]
Various approaches from GIScience drive the development of new applications and the papers published in this Special Issue show some examples of this for land administration
Land administration is reflecting the needs of the society and changing needs will require adaptations of the cadastre
Summary
Land administration is one of several linked concepts related to the use of land [1]. It is an essential part of public administration in many countries. It serves as an administrative basis for land markets [2] and provides the basis for sustainable development [3], but it is a valuable concept to protect land rights in developing countries [4]. Throughout the centuries, new scientific developments including measurement and information technology were adopted to improve the system. A scientific branch highly relevant for land administration systems is Geographic Information Science (GIScience). Research topics in GIScience range from still hot topics like spatial analysis, multi-criteria analysis, or visualization to the application of novel technologies like extended reality and deep learning
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