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The Millimeter Legal Coordinated Cadastre, Carlton A. Brown May 2011

The Millimeter Legal Coordinated Cadastre, Carlton A. Brown

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Land ownership is an important part of a nation’s wealth. Land value is determined by information about the land and about property rights that exist over the land. The Cadastre is the primary means of providing information about property rights, providing the private and public sector with: information identifying those people who have interests in parcels of land; information about those interests; and information about the parcels. The definitive cadastre would require anyone looking for information about a parcel of land to only go to the cadastre to find everything there is to know about the land such as: • …