The cadastre, explained in popular version

This is one of the last publications that I have had to work on. It is an explanatory document that, although it was made for a context, surely could be useful for other countries in that complicated task of explaining the cadastre in a version that people -about- in shop.

The document consists of 16 pages neatly worked with a caricaturist of the context who makes an interesting mix of Illustrator, with conventional pen and Adobe Photoshop to finally convey a message that despite the twists and turns has maintained the initial intention. I must admit that the artist is terrific, considering what it means to ask for changes to a work like this and to understand the script, which has been just what I have worked on, although I have been left with some disagreements that are offset by the satisfaction of finally having it published.

The common thread is made up of a conversation of those in charge of a board of trustees who look for the mayor and start by asking him how the taxes collected are used. The mayor is happy to clarify how the collection of property tax is a municipal attribution that adds the intention of the territory to be autonomous not only in decisions but also less dependence on the central government. Then he explains something of the procedure within the municipality and how all citizens are obliged to contribute and participate in the consultation spaces, as well as the importance that what enters is returned in works.

The second chapter briefly explains how the cadastre works. Because it is a short document with a focus on the fiscal cadastre, the most basic aspects regarding measurement are stuttered and it focuses with greater emphasis on urban and rural appraisal, with an example of how the tax calculation works. Of course, according to the context of the country where I have been responsible for developing this exercise where the current law (a new one is on the way) allows the agreement of cadastral values ​​with the population in years ending in zero and five.

The last section looks at some useful aspects that a multipurpose cadastre also produces in land use policies and legal security. It is clear that the document has a context, a country and a project where the priority of application is fiscal; Sure, if it had been legal or socioeconomic, the order of the first two chapters would have been different.

The experience has been interesting, since in the preparation of other documents it is easy to justify pages and pages of technical content. It is also easy to justify that this is so, in the face of criticism from those who say they don't understand it and I think that geomatics have that art of using words that raise our ego; nothing bad because sooner or later you have to make room to brag :). But in this case, when the intention is to communicate, the criticism from the non-specialized reader says what he says, it is understood, it is not understood, very confused, very extensive, that technician has a rogue face, gender equality, color of the shirt, it looks like Danilo Lemuz…. in short, a whole learning experience.

I post the document here, because apart from the few copies that have been released in print, these instruments must be available to the community that needs them, as part of an irreversible trend in the democratization of knowledge. Many times you have to work on presentations and some illustrative images are needed ... for what I believe this publication will mean an important contribution.

Insurance in other countries may be more useful.