NCGIA National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis

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  • Werner Kuhn
  • Fritz K. Petersohn
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Preface The author had the opportunity to visit Germany twice, in November 1990 and in March 1991, in order to investigate cadastral and topographical information management and standardization efforts in this country. This technical report contains two separate accounts on these investigations. The first part concentrates on the situation in western states, while the second part deals mainly with perspectives for the five new states in eastern Germany. The contents provide information in English about some important European developments in the area of geographic information handling and were therefore considered to be of interest to a wider audience. Abstract This report contains an update on recent developments in Germany's western states and an account on the situation in the five new eastern states, regarding topographic and cadastral information management. It is based on a week-long visit to Germany in March 1991 and constitutes a follow-up to an earlier report entitled "German Approaches to Topographic and Cadastral Information Management". After a description of the context of this investigation, a summary of the historical roots of cadastral and topographical information management in Germany provides the necessary background for an understanding of today's situation and the corresponding major market

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تاریخ انتشار 1998