Commonly known as GPS, Global Navigational Satellite Systems are becoming a part of most people’s everyday lives. From giving you directions when driving to tracking your exercise routes, GPS provides a method of locating yourself quickly and easily. Traditionally, GPS refers to the US Government “Navstar” navigational satellite system. Other systems are also in [...]

The survey is complete, and in the mail you find an envelope. When you open the envelope you discover a report and a plan, covered in numbers, lines, text and symbols. You can make out the shape of your land, but a lot of the information shown is beyond your grasp. After some head [...]

LiDAR is a method of measuring distance using laser light. The light reflected from the measured surface is analysed and the data stored as a cloud of points. LiDAR data can be captured by static ground observations using a scanning instrument or from a moving platform such as a ground-based vehicle or an aeroplane. Increasingly, [...]

Typical Mimimun Lot Size mapping What is a Minimum Lot Size and how does it affect dealings with land? Under the current format for Local Environmental Plans, much of the relevant information on land is shown in maps. There is a set of maps showing the zoning for the entire Local Government Area, [...]

New South Wales has, for decades, maintained a world-class system of land titling. Early title in NSW was based on the English Common Law system of title, a system known as “Old System”. In 1863, a more robust system of land titling was introduced called Torrens Title. Torrens Title is based on a single Register [...]

Typical Mimimun Lot Size mapping To many people, the distinction between a road reserve and the physical road is unclear. Simply put, the road reserve is that strip of land set aside for the passage of traffic along a route. The physical road formation is supposed to be contained within the legal road [...]

Parish and County Names From the earliest days of the settlement, the State of NSW was divided in to Counties, each representing an area which is further divided into separate Parishes. There are currently 141 Counties in NSW, the first named being Cumberland County, by Phillip in 1788, and intended to cover the area between [...]

When a commercial building is leased based on the floor area, there is often a requirement for the Lettable area to be determined. This can prevent arguments between lessor and lessee and resolve arguments on what is included in the lease area. The Property Council of Australia publishes a document known as the Method [...]