DEVELOPING INFRASTRUCTURE FRAMEWORK FOR 3D CADASTRE

Abstract One of the important global issues with regard to property is the scarcity of vacant land for development. Many countries, including Malaysia, do not have enough vacant land on the ground surface to cater for rapid development. In the last couple of decades, there has been an increasing demand for property development in urban areas, resulting in the division of property ownership so that different owners can own a delimited space on, above or below ground surface. Under 3D cadastre, the 2D cadastre management of data cannot meet the real land management of the three dimension space aspect and property. It is essential to introduce the 3D cadastre of Three-Dimensional National Digital Cadastral Database (3D-NDCDB) management model. Since the individualisation of property has traditionally been concerned with the subdivision of land using on surface boundaries in the cadastral system, it is appropriate now to consider how three-dimensional situations should be handled from the legal, technical and organisational aspects, and how other countries have addressed similar issues.