IT Renewal Strategy for Land Registry and Cadastre in Europe Dr.-Ing. Winfried Hawerk Germany

IT Renewal Strategy Europe

Current Situation IT was introduced in cadastre about 30 years ago Geodetic Calculation programs > 1960 Textual records > 1970 Mapping systems > 1990

IT Renewal Strategy Europe Where is the problem ? Individual developments No standards Fragmented software solutions Maintenance difficult Systems are too costly

IT Renewal Strategy Europe New technical requirements

IT Renewal Strategy Europe Need for renewal Integration of register and maps for a better work flow ISO and OGC standards New business strategies in the organisations Cadastre is a basic element of NSDI Internet, e-land administration

IT Renewal Strategy Europe General strategies Step by step big bang re-engineering within the existing infrastructure conversion of existing mainframe solutions into a client-server architecture

IT Renewal Strategy Europe Step by step in the Netherlands General information Roman and French system Notary Public plays important role Land registers and cadastre in the hand of Kadaster 1,000,000 transactions per year cadastral registers and maps different systems, parts more than 20 years old maintenance costs = 6 * modern systems

IT Renewal Strategy Europe Step by step in the Netherlands Renewal strategy was developed over 6 years = road map find a balance between user demands for new functionality, availability and continuity and the demands on cost management and manageability

IT Renewal Strategy Europe Step by step in the Netherlands

IT Renewal Strategy Europe Step by step in the Netherlands Renewal of the core system new system built up in parts in a new environment while the old system is still running 10 years synchronising both systems periodical evaluation of the process

IT Renewal Strategy Europe Big bang in Finland Cadastre run by NLS and 86 municipalities Land register run by district courts 1970s textual cadastral data 1984 Central data system LIS 1990s cadastral index map 1990s Land register

IT Renewal Strategy Europe Big bang in Finland Development of JAKO started in early 90s integration of separated systems design carried out until 1995 implementation 1998 JAKO as part of LIS LIS is part of NSDI

IT Renewal Strategy Europe Big bang in Finland Functional improvement of data base maintenance one seamless VMDS improvement of information service in operation since 5 years

IT Renewal Strategy Europe ALKIS ® Big bangs in Germany Captured data Maintenance data ALKIS-ATKIS-data ALKIS-ATKIS-output data ALKIS-ATKIS-transfer data Transfer data GIS data processes transmission application operation qualification acquisition ALKIS ® ATKIS ® world real world paper

IT Renewal Strategy Europe ALKIS ® Migration process users ATKIS (old) ALK ALB EDBS WLDG

IT Renewal Strategy Europe ALKIS ® Migration process users ATKIS (old) ALK ALB interface B interface A ALKIS-ATKIS-DB EDBS NAS WLDG

IT Renewal Strategy Europe ALKIS ® Migration process users ALKIS-ATKIS-DB interface C NAS EDBS WLDG

IT Renewal Strategy Europe Recommendations Step by step approach Complex and time consuming Parallel data maintenance for long time Customers have time to convert their systems Employees skills can be developed and experiences may influence new components

IT Renewal Strategy Europe Recommendations Big bang approach Easier to implement Long development and test phase Short migration period Customers have to be involved Education program parallel to normal work process New work flow needs new skills

IT Renewal Strategy Europe Conclusion Strategy has to fit in the situation in each individual country All strategies have strengths and weaknesses No cookbook, just good practice guidelines search under IT renewal Enschede

IT Renewal Strategy Europe