Land Registry

Code:

EGEO3010

Acronym:

EGEO3010

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Surveying Engineering

Instance: 2022/2023 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Geosciences, Environment and Spatial Plannings
Course/CS Responsible:	Bachelor in Geospatial Engineering

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
L:EG	13	The study plan from 2019	3	-	3	28	81

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

Acquisition of essential concepts respecting to cadastre, the Portuguese situation, and the land information systems.

Learning outcomes and competences

It is aimed to provide to the students the legal definitions relative to the components of a Land Registry, and the ways it has been implemented in Portugal. Students will acquire competences to acquire cadastral data and integrate in a land information system. This unit establishes a link, in terms of applying previous knowledge, with other units of geospatial positioning and geographical information systems.

Working method

Presencial

Program

1. Fundamental concepts - Cadastre, territorial reference units, lot, parcel, multifunctional cadastre, land information systems, land planning.
2. Parcel based information records – Parcel cadastre, geometrical cadastre of the rural property, land records. Relation with other records: agricultural Land Parcelling; municipal records.
3. Land register in Portugal – history, present situation, fundamental laws.
4. Land surveying and digital mapping techniques form the collection of geometric cadastral data.
5. Integration of geometric and atribute  data in a land information system.

Mandatory literature

IGP; Especificações técnicas da execução de cadastro predial, Direção Geral do Território, 2009
Instituto Geográfico Português; Especificações técnicas da execução de cadastro predial, 2009

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theoretical lectures are based on a logical and organized exposition of the subjects in the syllabus. Several documents produced by the “Direção Geral do Território” (the Portuguese National Mapping and Cadaster Agency) are presented and discussed. Practical work of field data collection followed by a data organization in a GIS are also done in this course.

The assessment has two components, both with weight of 50%:

(1) written exam about the concepts involved in the course.

(2) a practical work report, describing the field and office works to prepare a cadastral database.

Evaluation Type

Evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

designation	Weight (%)
Trabalho escrito	100,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

designation	Time (hours)
Frequência das aulas	28,00
Total:	28,00

Eligibility for exams

Presence in 75% of the lectures.

Calculation formula of final grade

100% Written report, with presentatiton and discussion.

Classification improvement

Provide a new report and do its presentation and discssion.