Land and building registers, the principal source of spatial data, support policy-making activities at all levels of land management and undergo continuous change. The observed changes are prompted by a variety of political, legal, organizational, economic, social and technological factors. At present, land and building registers are amended and modernized to ensure the effective implementation of the INSPIRE Directive in Poland. This paper analyzes various factors that affect the Polish cadastral system, with special emphasis on legal regulations adopted in 2010-2013 and their influence on the functioning and change trends in the Polish land and building register. ...
As the primary land information system, the land and building register (real estate cadastre) supplies the data for the needs of land-use planning, land management, the scope of taxation and services, designation of land properties in mortgage registers, public statistics and the register of agricultural farms. In order for this register to be useful for the abovementioned purposes, it must contain data which is current, credible and easily accessible for users. The function of the system in the spatial information infrastructure of the country and in the integrated real estate information system also necessitates keeping the land and building register updated. The paper will discuss the legal and organisational aspects of the process of updating the register information (objective and subjective) under current legal circumstances. ...
