Surveying app for cadastral boundaries
Where a boundary lies on the cadastral map and where the fence stands are not always the same. Anyone working with boundaries in the field wants to see on site what is registered, measure their own points and record where it deviates. Appfront builds a surveying app for cadastral boundaries: the boundary from the register on the map, your own measurement alongside it, and a report per parcel with points, photos and comments.
What is a surveying app for cadastral boundaries?
A surveying app for cadastral boundaries takes the registration out into the field. Field staff can see on the map which parcels are there and where the boundary runs according to the cadastral map, measure points themselves, and see straight away whether a fence, a ditch or a building deviates from it. For each parcel they record what they find, with photos and a note, so it is clear at the office what the situation is.
Important to know beforehand: the app does not officially determine a boundary. In the case of a subdivision, the parties point out the boundary in the field and the Kadaster surveyor records it; for the exact position of an existing boundary there is boundary reconstruction via the Kadaster. The app is the tool for all the work around that: mapping where things are tight, preparing a boundary pointing-out, comparing actual use with the registration, and keeping track of it per project.
We build custom software because field work differs from one organisation to the next. A municipality preparing a land allocation, a grid operator walking a route past a hundred parcels and an engineering firm carrying out a redevelopment each need different layers, different measuring equipment and a different report. The position on the cadastral map is not equally accurate everywhere; the app shows what you have measured alongside what is registered.
On site
The boundary from the map.
Your own measurement
Points next to the registration.
Discrepancy
With photo and note.
How we build your surveying app for cadastral boundaries
We start in the field and at the office: what work you do around boundaries, with which measuring equipment, which map layers you need and what the report has to contain. Then we build a first version with the map, point measurement and recording of deviations, because that is where the work is. A few staff members use it on real projects for a while. Integrations with your measuring instruments, GIS and the report follow if that goes well. After that, we maintain the app as your work or the sources change.
Work, equipment and layers.
The first version.
Instrument, GIS, report.
Go-live, monitoring, and maintenance when things change.
What a surveying app for cadastral boundaries actually does
The components below appear in almost every boundary surveying app. Which ones you need depends on your work and your measuring equipment.
Map layers
Parcels, boundaries, base layer.
Measuring up
Points with GNSS or instrument.
Comparing
Measurement next to registration.
Deviations
With photo and note.
Projects
Per route or area.
Report
Per parcel as a PDF.
Who we build a surveying app for cadastral boundaries for
The app is intended for organisations that regularly work with cadastral boundaries in the field. The more parcels per project and the more often actual use and registration diverge, the more it delivers.
Engineering firms
Redevelopment and design.
Municipalities
Land management and allocation.
Network operators
Routes past parcels.
Developers
Area before the start.
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This page is about work in the field. For retrieving cadastral data in your own systems, see our page on the Kadaster integration, for large-scale topography our page on the BGT integration, and for map apps in general our page on a geographic app. You can read about our way of working on building software.
Why Appfront for your surveying app for cadastral boundaries?
A route that stalls because a boundary lies differently than assumed, a conversation with an owner without a clear picture of the situation, or measurements that stay in a notebook all cost a project time. That is what we build on: the registration on site, your measurement next to it, and a report per parcel that is usable at the office.
Spotted earlier
Deviation on site.
Well prepared
Before the conversation.
Everything together
Per parcel and project.
Security and privacy in a surveying app for cadastral boundaries
The app contains data on land parcels and sometimes on their owners. Access is set up per role and per project, so staff only see what they are working on, and every measurement and change is recorded with name, time and location.
The backend runs in a European data centre, with encrypted connections and storage and daily backups. Anything measured without coverage stays on the device until a connection is available again.
Frequently asked questions about a survey app for cadastral boundaries
Questions that firms, municipalities and grid operators ask before getting started.
On site, it shows the parcels and boundaries from the cadastral registration, lets you measure points yourself, compares them with the registration and records deviations with a photo and a note. A report is produced for each parcel or project.
No. In the case of a subdivision, the Kadaster surveyor records the boundary pointing-out by the parties, and the precise position of an existing boundary is determined through a boundary reconstruction by the Kadaster. The app helps with all the work before and after.
That varies by area and by boundary. That is why the app shows your own measurement alongside the registration, so you can see where they differ and where it is worth looking further.
A GNSS receiver or another measuring instrument you already use and, for a first impression, the location of the device itself. We will look at which integration fits in the first step with you.
Yes. Map layers for the project area are stored on the device and measurements are kept until a connection is available again.
Yes. Points and deviations can be exported in a standard format to your GIS or drawing software, with coordinates in the Dutch RD system.
For organisations that regularly run projects along many parcels, such as routes, redevelopments or land allocation, and where actual use and registration often differ. For a single property boundary, a boundary reconstruction by the Kadaster is the right route.
The cadastral boundary on site?
Tell us what boundary-related work you do in the field and with which tools. We will show you how the survey app can support it.