ALGORITHM DEVELOPING FOR LAND CONSOLIDA TION SOFTWARE 
T. Cay^, F. Iscan ^ 
“Selcuk University, Engineering and Architecture Faculty, Geodesy and Photogrammetry Department, 42075 Konya, TURKEY — 
( tcay, fiscan )@selcuk.edu.tr 
Commission II, WG I11/8 
KEY WORDS: Agriculture, Land, Farming, Algorithms, Programming, Database, Software 
ABSTRACT: 
Although increasing population in Turkey agricultural lands have not been expanded, thus, agricultural lands should be used 
more effectively. Therefore, Land consolidation is the most important work, which has to be done. Land consolidation takes time to 
execute project because of large application area and extensive. Therefore, using computer is extremely significant to conclude the 
land consolidation projects in a short period of time and in a right and justice principles and in a suitable productivity. 
Nowadays in Turkey, Land consolidation application softwares are very limited and far away to serve. Sufficient steps have 
not been taken in order to cope with these problems. Because, Land consolidation projects are managed by two different associations 
and laws in turkey. Therefore, developing standard software have some difficulties. 
In this research, necessary algorithms for standard software to be used for the applications of General Directorate of Rural 
Service were developed and their capacities were then investigated. 
1. INTRODUCTION 
Land consolidation for agricultural purposes is an activity or 
an instrument that is implemented in order to consolidate 
fragmented agricultural holdings or, in other words, to unite 
the scattered parcels of the distinct farms. Land consolidation 
is carried out by means of projects in clearly bordered parts 
of the rural area. For each project a project management will 
be appointed. Land consolidation may also include the 
improvement of the road system and of the water 
management system, as well as of the landscape and the 
conditions of nature in such a project area( Sonnenberg, 2002 
). 
In the whole countries, land consolidation is applied to 
improve the rural areas. Because rural areas comprise 
substantial parts of the regions and are subject to a range of 
pressures including water shortage, land degradation, failing 
commodity prices and depopulation. Land consolidation 
means to unite and reregister the lands, which were divided 
because of heritage, sales or irrigation canals. In Turkey, the 
application of land consolidation officially commenced in 
1961 in Konya region. Turkish Land Consolidation 
Regulations is based on 3083 and 1757 numbered acts and 
provides for landscape renovation within land consolidation 
areas, which focuses, among other things, on the planting of 
shrubs and trees, the creation of small parks/recreation/areas, 
in non-agricultural land and the protection/conservation of 
the cultural heritage and physical environment within land 
consolidation areas, such as the restoration of traditional 
fountains, old watermills and railway lines. Consolidation 
works are carried out by General Directorate of Rural Service 
( Kóy Hizmetleri Genel Müdürlügü - KHGM ) and 
Directorate General of Agricultural Reform ( Tarim Reformu 
Genel Miidiirliigii - TRGM ) in Turkey ( Banger and Sisman, 
2001). 
Land consolidation Process is important to obtain, in order to 
manipulate and control the raw data in short time, easily and 
also to present the results as numeric, alphanumeric and 
graphically means. 
All these studies are carry out speedily and correctly in data 
processing. However, it is not sufficient to have only a 
computer. Because, it is necessary to have application 
softwares and its algorithms that data will be processing and 
its results will be given output. Manpower is necessary to 
write such software and to do their application. 
Nowadays in Turkey, Land Consolidation softwares are not 
sufficient except for few softwares. Technological level 
reached in a country, Applications of one or some persons or 
institutions cannot survey and it is not sufficient to solve 
country-based problems. Performed studies with this opinion, 
Algorithms have developed for Land Consolidation studies 
which General Directorate of Rural Service carries out. 
2. SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT 
Computers are utilized in solving a wide range of problems, 
which arise in such diverse fields as science, engineering, 
business, management and administration 
A programmer's task is solving problems by the computer 
Which involves several steps such as problem definition, 
problem analysis, formulation of a method of solution, 
flowchart preparation, program coding, debugging and 
running (Figure 1). 
The first step in the process of problem solving by a compute 
is the problem definition. Problem definition is precise and 
   
   
    
    
  
    
   
    
  
  
   
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
   
  
  
   
  
  
   
  
  
  
  
   
   
   
  
  
  
   
   
  
   
  
  
  
    
   
   
  
   
  
   
   
  
  
  
   
    
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