Comments on: Rocky Real Estate Revisited http://clubtroppo.com.au/2008/05/23/rocky-real-estate-revisited/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 23:29:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Dave Bath http://clubtroppo.com.au/2008/05/23/rocky-real-estate-revisited/#comment-274881 Dave Bath Sat, 24 May 2008 07:15:14 +0000 http://clubtroppo.com.au/?p=5369#comment-274881 Actually, this planet, indeed this country, has a lot of unclaimed land, as lawyers investigating titles (especially "adverse possession" cases) find out regularly, because it is not unusal for the surveys for land registries to have "gaps" of up to a metre or so between properties. So, some smart person might be able to use a combination of searches through titles offices, google earth and geographical infosystems algorithms to lay claim to land that is not included in any extant title. Anyway, according to records on Alpha Centauri, the Vogons have already got approved plans to demolish Earth for their transport infrastructure, so all this is moot. Actually, this planet, indeed this country, has a lot of unclaimed land, as lawyers investigating titles (especially “adverse possession” cases) find out regularly, because it is not unusal for the surveys for land registries to have “gaps” of up to a metre or so between properties.

So, some smart person might be able to use a combination of searches through titles offices, google earth and geographical infosystems algorithms to lay claim to land that is not included in any extant title.

Anyway, according to records on Alpha Centauri, the Vogons have already got approved plans to demolish Earth for their transport infrastructure, so all this is moot.

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