한성부 지적도에 대한 고찰

Abstract

This study presents the role of cadastral surveying and land management organizations, cadastral surveying educational organizations, and trainees of them during the Empire Korea Era. Twenty nine items of Hanseong-bu cadastral maps and details on them, endowment of administrative district, parcel number and land category, boundary demarcation, surveying regulation, and the characteristics of each cadastral map were detaily reviewed and analysed. Initially, the twenty nine cadastral maps of Hanseong-bu which are possessed in Seoul City Reference Center were copied and a summary table was constructed in accordance with the coordinates of each map. It has been identified that, due to frequent urban developments, most of the areas have been enormously changed during the compared time periods.Since Changseonbang map number two, which is corresponding to Jongro 6-ga area nowadays, has been remained with little change, it was possible to compare Hanseong-bu cadastral maps with present cadastral maps, numerical cadastral maps and numerical geographic maps.This study also revealed that, contrasting to the general belief that the first Land Surveying under modern cadastral system in Korea had been carried during Japanese colonial era, Hanseong-bu map was made during Korean Empire Era by introducing western surveying technology via Gwangmu Reform. It was also recognized by this study that modern cadastral maps of a parts of peninsula including Hanseong-buwere made before the colonial era although there exsist some Japanese influence.These cadastral maps are very important in Korean cadastral history and, since there has been virtually no relevant study on this area, it is expected that this study can be a ground for which further studies by other scholars on this area.