About cadastral investigation

There is "family register" as a record of people, while records about land is called "cadastral."

A cadastral survey is a survey on land conducted for the purpose of clarification of cadastral. It surveys the boundaries, owners, lot numbers, and landmarks, and surveys the location and area of boundaries for each land, and create maps and books. Business.

When a cadastral survey is conducted, accurate information about the land for each stroke is recorded in a book (cadastral book), and an accurate map (cadastral map) is created based on current surveying technology.
In addition, a copy of the created cadastral map and cadastral book are sent to the registry office, the land registry is rewritten based on the "cadastral book", and the "cadastral map" is Article 14 of the Real Estate Registration Act. It is provided as a map in Article 1.

Currently, most of the registry and maps (public maps) provided at the registry office are based on records created at the time of land tax reform in the Meiji era, and have been revised up to this day. Thing. Therefore, today after many years, accurate information on the land is grasped because the area described in the registry is different from the actual situation, and the boundaries and shape of the land drawn on the official map are unclear. It is a reality that it is often difficult to grasp.

The cadastral survey is a project to improve this situation and clarify land records (cadastral) on land in order to make effective use and preserve limited land.

A cadastral survey has the following benefits:

If land boundaries are unclear, various troubles tend to occur.
Conducting a cadastral survey will clarify the boundaries of the land, which will help prevent the occurrence of problems related to land boundaries.

If you do not conduct a cadastral survey, buying and selling land, it may take time to check the boundaries with the neighboring land, or problems such as the difference between the registry and the measured area.
When a cadastral survey is conducted, the exact land situation will be reflected in the registry, increasing the reliability of the registration, and you can buy and sell land and write pens with confidence.

In the event of a disaster such as an earthquake, volcanic eruption, landslide, or flood damage, it may take some time to recover because the boundaries of the original land are unknown.
When a cadastral survey is conducted, individual land is displayed as coordinate values on the earth, so quick recovery can be performed even after a disaster.