Produced map information are disorganized, 
There is no archive for all produced maps, 
Duplication of mapping can not be prevented, 
Main geodetic networks can not be used for large 
scale mapping, 
There is no consistency between the maps, 
e There are different regulations and rules to produce 
maps, 
e There is no long term plan for the production of 
maps, 
4.3. Educational problems 
These are encountered basically in the terminology of the 
technology and in showing the basic benefits of the map 
and land information. There is going to be an increasing 
gap between the need for qualified staff in agencies 
which have acquired a GIS and the ability of the 
educational system to provide them. Again this stems 
partly from the lack of central planning in the educational 
system and the level of autonomy enjoyed by most 
educational institutions. 
4.4. Technological problems 
GIS is a highly attractive technology and suffers from the 
problems of all such technologies. It has repeatedly 
been wrongly sold as a solution in response to needs 
which were poorly defined or not defined at all, and to 
clients who did not really understand its capabilities or 
limitations. Many failures have resulted from the 
acquisition of the wrong type of system because of poor 
advice or lack of advice. The success of technology is in 
many ways dependent on the availability of good advice, 
through either public or private sectors (Seker and Altan, 
1995). 
5. ENCOUNTERED PROBLEMS DURING THE PILOT 
PROJECTS 
e One of the main problems encountered was having 
to work with poor quality, out dated sheet copies 
because of bureaucratic hindrances. Although the 
available sheets not being at same scale seemed to 
pose a problem in the beginning, this in effect was 
not a problem. 
e The obtained data was not updated. Some of the 
parcel owners were registered to dead people 
because of inheritance problems. 
e There is no data standards, for example used maps 
were in the different scales. Although the available 
sheets not being at same scale seemed to pose a 
problem in the beginning, this in effect is not a 
problem. 
e One of the limitations of PC Arc/Info, is you can add 
only one attribute to the related items, whereas most 
of the real estate has been owned by more than one 
person. 
* There are no elevations (contour lines) on the map, 
so it is not possible to obtain a three dimensional 
view. (Also the polygon points that can be used for 
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coordinate transformations from the geodetic nets 
do not have elevation values). 
e The purposes of the institution and expectation from 
the land management are should clearly explained. 
e The purposes of the institution, and expectation from 
the land management, should clearly be explained, 
e The data model has not been criticized by the 
different group of the people, who produce maps. 
e People who lives in the related real estate do not 
want to give true information so not to pay more tax, 
6. CONCLUSIONS AND DISCUSSIONS 
By means of this useful tool a number of benefits can be 
utilized. For example; reduces duplication of effort in 
order to reduce cost, increases efficiency in daily 
operations, increases management control, provides 
information for decision support and policy making and 
saves time, man power and time. 
Accurate/available land information is the key to 
managing and processing developments in the rural 
areas of Turkey. 
Due to lack of standardization, unnecessary data in the 
system, therefore unnecessary work will increase. The 
standards to be established, will not guarantee the 
efficient exchange of spatial data. Therefore, it is 
necessary to establish a central unit which will introduce 
the regulations for the purpose of allowing data exchange 
and assume tasks such as providing the system security. 
It can be seen that the basic solution to prevent 
confusion in the map field is; the implementation of both 
"an information system with definite and determinate 
purposes” and "an institution responsible for all of the 
map and cadastre services in the country”. 
Goals have to be predicted according to the sources. 
Many failures can be occurred because of the inadequate 
resources and exaggerated goals 
A primary benefit of a GIS lies in the new capabilities 
which it introduces, rather than in the ways in which it 
allows old tasks to be done more efficiently or more 
cheaply. A GIS requires strong and consistent motivation 
on the part of all users. 
A successful program in GIS at the national scale would 
seem to need the coordination of some efforts among 
are; a set of valid application, set of active vendors, 
research and development and a substantial source of 
expertise which is independent of vendors and acquiring 
agencies. 
The educational sector, which will provide the trained 
personnel to run systems, conduct basic research, staff 
the vendors and train future generations. 
+ As far as possible, data entries should be carried out 
in GIS media. Geographical data application results 
obtained from the other media have been found 
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