International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, Vol XXXV, Part B6. Istanbul 2004 
  
e Cartographic vector maps at 1:25 K (ESRI- 
Coverage), 
e Photogrammetric Vector Maps at 1:25 K (3D-DGN), 
e Gazetteers (MDB) 
* Digital Terrain Elevation Data (Level 1 and Level 2) 
e VMAP —Level 1 Data 
As of today, for whole coverage of Turkey, all printed maps, 
raster maps, gazetteers, digital terrain elevations maps and data 
have been produced using in-house developed systems based on 
commercial GIS, Digital Photogrammetry & Remote Sensing 
and CAD Packages. VMAP —Level 1 data are about to be 
finished for Turkey. The percentages of the completion for 
cartographic maps and photogrametric maps at 1:25 K scale are 
25 % and 15 %, respectively. 
As the data collection activities continue, the design of the 
topographic vector and raster databases has already been started 
in 2004 after the completion of the procurement of the GIS 
package ArcGIS-8.3 & ArcSDE-8.3, ORACLE-9i together with 
the relevant software training. The early results on these GIS 
activities are expected by the end of 2004. The next step is 
supposed to be disseminating and marketing GIS data by means 
of Intranet & Internet within the frame of National Geographic 
Information System of Turkey (NGIST-TUCBS) which is a 
sub-project in the “e-Government Turkey Project” commenced 
with the Executive Order (No: 2003/48, Date: December 4, 
2003) of the Turkish Prime Minister. 
While the conventional map production is currently obsolete, 
GCM has started a project aiming to develop a digital 
cartographic generalization production line. The aim is to 
standardize and automate the production of smaller scale maps 
(1:50.000 and 1:100.000) from the base map at a scale of 
1:25.000. The project team has started to work in early 2002. 
Another project in Cartography Department was development 
of a cartographic vector data library. Instead of archiving 25K 
digital vector maps produced in ED-50 or WGS-84 datum and 
UTM projection on CD-ROM's as separated digital files for 
each sheet, a digital seamless library has been designed as a 
new archive. For this purpose, all sheets are undertaken to a 
quality inspection, transformed to geographic coordinate system 
in WGS-84 datum and added to library. 
Second important organization in related science and 
technology in Turkey is General Directorate of Land Registry 
and Cadastre (GDLRC). GDLRC has planned to establish a 
Land Registry and Cadastre Information System (TAKBIS) to 
improve land registration and cadastre data and operations. This 
Project shall result in implementation of a Land Information 
System to improve operations of the land registration and 
cadastre offices, and to supply appropriate land related 
information to all its users, both private and public, 
municipalities in particular. 
The main objective of TAKBIS project is to create a “Land 
Registry and Cadastre Information System” throughout the 
country. 
The objectives of the TAKBIS project are summarized as 
follows; 
» To provide accurate, valid and reliable land 
information required for land and land-related 
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activities and decision makers, to keep land registry 
and cadastral survey maps updated, to transmit all the 
data to the database, to keep updated data in a 
computer digitally, to re-access such data under the 
information and communication systems technology 
and to offer them for use. 
To transform land registry and cadastral survey works 
and information into a multi purpose land 
information system by the participation of external 
users as well and to keep such data in a secure 
medium and to provide access to them in a secure 
way. 
To plan, manage and activate the services by the 
GDLRC in a better, faster, more reliable and more 
effective way, to ensure that the data given to other 
institutions and organizations are used more broadly. 
New expectations occurred about all kinds of infrastructure 
services based on land such as new settlements and industry 
after the great destruction of the earthquake-1999. Therefore, 
the general objective has become to ensure reliable, easy and 
rapid access to land registration and cadastre data, to speed up 
cadastre renovation, and to implement spatial information 
technology. Thus, the general objective of this project is to 
establish Marmara Earthquake Region Land Information 
System (MERLIS). 
The MERLIS will be used as a basis for reconstruction works in 
the earthquake region and especially in the determination and 
management of appropriate land that will be less affected from 
earthquake and to meet all the necessary requirements needed 
for a modern city management like appropriate configuration 
and construction. MERLIS will also be used in monitoring of 
resources, transportation planning, monitoring of the natural 
events and immediate interference, utility engineering, 
environmental arrangement and protection, expropriation, local 
management automation, planning and application of 
reallocation plans, real estate information system, facility 
management which all are effective in city management. 
Municipalities are very important component for a city 
management and they will be included into the MERLIS 
network as external users. 
The development of the MERLIS System as an expanded 
TAKBIS includes: 
* design and development of additional software 
modules, 
* implementation of MERLIS in three provinces of the 
Marmara Earthquake Region (Sakarya, Kocaeli, 
Yalova), 
= training of local GDLRC’s staff and users’ staff, and 
= 
putting MERLIS into operation. 
Additional modules required to TAKBIS for MERLIS 
are: 
Buildings module with vector geometry and attributes 
most useful in the earthquake region, such as building 
unique identifier, address, use, year of construction, 
construction type, number of floors and total floor