New "Official Map of
Costa Rica" In the Works
Local mapping experts
say they are working on
a map of Costa Rica that
is up to ten times more
detailed than any
current map now
available and will be
the first official map
that will be available
in digital format.
Alexander González,
coordinador del Programa
de Regulación del
Catastro y Registro de
Costa Rica, explained
that the map will be
made up of aerial photos
that will detail forest
areas and mangroves,
streets, farms, hones
and including rivers and
smaller tributaries.
The map is expected to
be a tool with many
uses, says González,
adding that it can be
useful in property
registration, locating
water mains and sewers
and bettering road
transportation in the
country.
The program of
elaborating a detailed
map began with the need
for a better security of
property rights, to have
a better and more exact
description of
properties registered
and location of same.
Esteban Gutiérrez,
assistant technician fro
the Registro de Costa
Rica, said that there
currently is no official
cadastral mapping,
causing problems with
the delineation of
property and identifying
the use.
What the program allows
is a better
identification of the
properties and uses.
The map is expected to
be completed and
available to the public
by the end of 2009. The
map will be first
available in digital
format after authorities
define its conditions of
use and distribution.
Gutiérrez explained that
the current official map
is based on photos taken
in the last century and
for the new map, the
first item on order, was
to take new and colour
photos. The new photos
of the rural areas are
on a scale of 1:25.000,
while the photos of the
urban areas are of
1:6.000.
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