The University of Melbourne

Semester One 1999

Department: Geomatics

Subject Number: 451-418

Subject Title: Land Administration

Student Number:

Exam Duration two (2) hours

Reading Time 15 minutes

This paper has two (2) pages

Identical Examination Papers: 451-823, Land Administration

Common Content: 451-823, Land Administration

Authorised Materials:

The following items are authorised: Pens and pencils

 

Instructions to Invigilators:

No handout

Students may take the examination paper from the examination room.

 

Instructions to Students:

Answer all questions in PARTs A, B and C.

Answer PARTs A, B and C in separate books.

All questions carry equal marks.

 

Paper to be held by Baillieu Library: Yes.

PART A

  1. What is land? Discuss its different roles and why they are important.
  2. Compare and contrast the following:
  1. ‘fixed’ and ‘general’ boundaries
  2. systematic and sporadic adjudication of land rights
  3. cadastral surveying and cadastral mapping

Give an example of each in one jurisdiction.
  1. Distinguish between ‘upgrading’ and updating’ Digital Cadastral Databases. Give two examples for each of the processes of update and upgrade. Why should a distinction be made between the two processes?

    2.  

    PART B

  2. What criteria would a successful land registration system need to fulfill? Does the Victorian Torrens system meet these standards? Why or why not?
  3. Discuss the main reasons why states or jurisdictions embark on cadastral reform programs.

    4.  

    PART C

  4. Discuss the nature of spatial data infrastructures.

 

End of Examination