The final steps towards an international standard for land administration

The Land Administration Domain Model (LADM) moved forward to the FDIS stage (FDIS = Final Draft International Standard): ISO FDIS 19152. This is the last stage before becoming an International Standard (expected in July 2012), after a four year standards development process within ISO/TC211 (Geographic Information) and six years of preparation within the FIG, while the original idea for such a standard was launched at the 2002 FIG congress in Washington D.C. This paper presents an overview of the last (sometimes minor) modifications from DIS to FDIS. Most modifications are improvements to increase the flexibility of the LADM, e.g. the relationships between rights and arbitrary sets of spatial units (parcels). Consequently, with more flexibility, the notion of conformance testing has been adjusted. Also, the ever increasing adoption of the LADM is illustrated via a number of new country profiles. This clearly shows the need, and practically, the growing support for the LADM over the past years (in addition to the ever growing number of positive votes for the LADM within ISO).