News of the Hungarian Agency on Land Administration and Mapping
Department of Lands and Mapping, Ministry of Agriculture, Republic of Hungary

Recent Activities and Follow-on Actions with Special Emphasis on Land-related Issues


1. INTRODUCTION

2. ORGANISATION AND ADMINISTRATION

3. LAND REGISTRATION
3.1. THE EVOLUTION OF LAND REGISTRATION
3.2. COMPLETION OF THE NEW UNIFIED REAL PROPERTY REGISTRATION
3.3 AIMS AND SYSTEM OF THE LAND REGISTERS
3.4 COMPUTERIZATION OF THE REGISTERS

4. LAND VALUATION, LAND PROTECTION AND LAND UTILIZATION
4.1. LAND VALUATION
4.1.1 Education
4.2. LAND PROTECTION AND LAND UTILIZATION
4.2.1.Agricultural Land Protection
4.2.2.Land Utilization

5. STATUS OF THE GEODETIC SURVEY
5.1 CONTROL NETWORKS
5.1.1 Unified National Horizontal Network (EOVA)
5.1.2 Unified National Vertical Network (EOMA)
5.1.3 National GPS Network (OGPSH)
5.2 TOPOGRAPHY AND CARTOGRAPHY
5.3 CADASTRE
5.4 REMOTE SENSING

6. ONGOING PROJECTS
6.1 THE COMPUTERIZATION OF THE LAND OFFICES PROJECT
6.1.1. Introduction and aims of the project
6.1.2. Project Achievements (until April 1997)
6.1.3 Expected Benefits of the Project
6.2 THE SWISS-HUNGARIAN CADASTRAL MAPPING PROJECT
6.2.1 Background and objectives
6.2.2 Project Plan
6.3 GERMAN-HUNGARIAN LAND REORGANIZATION CONSOLIDATION (TAMA) PROJECT
6.3.1 The basic aims of TAMA are:

7. ONGOING RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENTS
7.1 Establishment of standards for digital map products and verification technologies
7.2 Establishment of the basics of a remote sensing based nationwide Crop Information System in harmony with the relevant EU systems
7.3 MARS (Monitoring Agriculture with Remote Sensing) Project (1988-1998) and related Hungarian Activities
7.3.1 MERA '92 (MARS and Environmental Related Applications) Project (1994-96)
7.3.2 MERA '95 (MARS and Environmental Related Applications) A multi-country project for rapid environmental agricultural monitoring and statistics in the PHARE Countries (1996-1998)
7.3.3 Crop Monitoring by Remote Sensing Project (1993-96)
7.3.4 Crop monitoring pilot project for a sample of counties
7.4 The CORINE Land Cover Project
7.4.1 CORINE-100
7.4.2 CORINE-50
7.4.3 A planned application: Delineation of Environmentally Sensitive Areas

8. INTERSECTORAL RELATIONSHIPS AND OTHER CO-OPERATIONS
8.1 Domestic Relations
8.2 International Relations
MERA
CORINE
COPERNICUS
EDUCATION
Membership in CERCO
Participation in the CEN TC 287 activities
Founder member of the MEGRIN GIE
EARSeL
Membership in EUROGI
FIG (International Federations of Surveyors)
ICA (International Cartographic Association)
ISPRS (International Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing)
UN standardization of geographical names
The Administrative Boundary Data Service in the CEE Countries - Initiative
IUGG

9. SOME SELECTED REFERENCES


APPROVED BY DR.GÉZA APAGYI,
HEAD, DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND MAPPING,
MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE


DISTRIBUTED BY DR. L. NIKLASZ
DEPUTY-HEAD, DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND MAPPING

For more information please contact:
Dr. G. Remetey-Fülöpp, Editor
senior counsellor
Area Surveying and Informatics
Address: H-1860 Budapest 55 P.O.Box 1
Tel: +36 (1) 301-4052
Fax: +36 (1) 301 4691
e-mail: gabor.remetey@f-m.x400gw.itb.hu
URL: http://www.cslm.hu/dlm

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT FOR CONTRIBUTION:
ADDITIONAL CONTRIBUTORS: DR. E.JUHÁSZ/ B.HORVÁTH/G.HORVÁTH/ DR.L.NIKLASZ/ Á..PODOLCSÁK (LAND REGISTRATION AND CADASTRAL MAPPING), DR.SZ.MIHÁLY (DIGITAL MAPPING AND SPATIAL INFORMATICS), P.WINKLER/ G.BÜTTNER/ G.CSORNAI (REMOTE SENSING), B.POKOLY (CARTOGRAPHY), DR.I.PAPP (LAND CONSOLIDATION), I.BENCE (LEGAL ISSUES), M.TÓTH (PHARE REFERENCES), A.OSSKÓ (BUDAPEST LIS PROJECT), PROF.DR.J.ÁDÁM/ P.LÉVAI (CONTROL NETWORK AND GPS TECHNOLOGY), DR.E.SZESZTAY-SZENTIVÁNYI/ DR.B.MÁRKUS (EDUCATION), V.BOGNÁR (ABDS)



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