Assessment of the completion of the forest cadastre considering the legal grounds, collaboration, and the use of technology
Orhan Ercan, Ph.D. and Nur Kemalettin Toker
The General Directorate of Land Registry and Cadastre and The General Directorate of Forestry together with the participation of the private sector completed the forest cadastre of 6,246,845 hectares in eight years between 2010 and 2017. The forest lands, which cover 27.6% of the area of Turkey, have important economic, environmental, and cultural functions... [more]

Integrated UAV photogrammetry and automatic feature extraction for cadastral mapping
Oluibukun Gbenga Ajayi and Emmanuel Oruma
The principal objective of this research is to investigate the applicability of UAV photogrammetry integrated with automatic feature extraction for cadastral mapping. We present here the concluding part of the paper. The first part was published in the October'22 issue. ... [more]

Animal navigation: How animals use environmental factors to find their way
Roswitha Wiltschko and Wolfgang Wiltschko
Migratory animals have innate programs to guide them to their still unknown goal. Highly mobile animals with large ranges develop a so-called navigational 'map', a mental representation of the spatial distribution of navigational factors within their home region and their migration route. We present here the first part of the paper. The concluding part will be published in December'22 issue... [more]