- The complex and optimal assessment of the 
biological and geographical potentials of every 
region of the country. 
- Founding the best solution for the utilization of 
every region forecasting the protection and 
reviewing of the environment, etc. 
All state and private institutions, scientific and 
education ones, where the study or compiling of 
maps is connected with their daily activity are. 
provided with computerized technics and 
technology. It is forecasted in the perspective, 
those institutions to be furnished with sophisti- 
cated equipments. 
THE CADASTRAL MAPS 
In the end of ‘40-s the Agrarian Branch (today 
Land Research Institute), developed the triangu- 
lation and takeometric survey in scale 1:2500, in 
some zone of Western Lowland. 
The triangulation was projected on the Bessel 
ellipsoid and in the projection Gauss-Kryger, 
with main meridian Lo=20°00". Were compiled 
535 planshets with sizes 90x60cm. 
On '60-s and further on the surveying was 
extended on the hilly zones, in scale 1:5000. As 
an ellipsoid was accepted Krasovski, the 
projection remained that’s of maps in scale 
1:2500, the central meridian was replaced at 
Lo-21?00'. Were compiled 2050 trapezium, 
which content the geographic and kilometric 
network. 
The privatization of the properties on 1992 and 
further on, brought the division of former parcels 
in small units, which cannot be reflected in scale 
1:5000. To that, now in Albania is functioning the 
Program of Immovable Property Registration 
System (IPRS), in order to realize a modern 
system of registration and to hand the needful in 
formation about them in every moment. 
IPRS is assisted from technical and economical 
assistance by USAID and EU PHARE and has 
defined two main duties: 
1. For the emergent needs of properties 
registration, to be realized in country scale new 
maps in scale 1:2500, by enlargement the maps 
1:5000 by photomechanical methods and their 
application in terrain. 
2. To be compiled new cadastral maps on base of 
airphotographic surveying. 
For both of them the work has started and goes on 
with intensity. On 1994 the airphotographic 
surveying covered an area of 4000 km? of 
Western Lowland. The processing of materials 
and maps compiling is being realized in the 
analytic stereoploter D-40. Until the end of 1996 
it is forecasted to be elaborated 2000 km?, while 
the rest on 1997. On the 1997 will be realized the 
airphotographic surveying on 3000 km? area and 
so on for the whole country, whose processing is 
forecasting to be realized by sophisticated 
instruments of Stereodigit type. 
To emergent needs, the maps prepared by the 
stereoploter D-40 constitute only the situation of 
the surveying sectors, later they will constitute 
also the relief. The compiling is realized in scale 
1:1000 (for the main human habitations) and 
1:2500 for the rural zones. 
THEMATIC MAPS 
Until 1994 all kinds of maps were prepared by 
classic technics and technology, right now this 
method is used seldom. Today the main weight 
has the computerized cartography in many 
Institutions the computerized equipment are of 
AutoCAD and H-P 520 type, with format A4, 
when all Albania should be reviewed in scale 1:1 
250 000 . Still one trying to ensure more advanced 
technics and larger format. 
The computerized technics that exists at the 
Geographic Studies Center (GSC) in Tirana, 
installed on 1994 is of WST and PC ARC/INFO 
type with work format A0 and it is the only one in 
Albania. The fact underlines the very beginnings 
of the computerized Geographic Information 
System (Samimi, 1994,b). This technique was 
based on the extraordinary efforts of 
Prof. D.Bickmore, Prof. V.Freitag, Mr. W. 
Franklin, Mr. E. Füsselberger, etc to whom we are 
deeply grateful. 
The equipment installed at the G.S.C are an 
integrated system, very sophisticated IBM, HW 
and ESRI-SW. 
Nowadays is trying for the consolidation of the 
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