Prospects of 3D Cadastre in Nepal

The system of registering the features in the third d mension, especially for the registration of stratified real property in the descriptive form, w as familiar in the past, though the system was not conceptualized in view of 3D cadastre. When the graphical cadastral survey was introduced as compulsory system in 1964, the system did not have any provision to survey the 3rd component. However, when occupied by a differen t owner the measurements of the dimensions of the floors, fully or partially as req uired, were included in the field book, land register and ownership certificate. Later, since th beginning of the cadastral survey of Kathmandu, the registration of stratified property has been brought into the legal framework through the Fourth Amendment, in 1978, of Land (sur vey and measurement) Act, 1963, which governs the first registration in the country. Thou gh the Land Revenue Act, 1978, which governs the registration of land in the country, ha s not incorporated this system yet, the Land Revenue Directives 2001 has addressed the modality of the registration of stratified property.