SYSTEMES D'INFORMATION DU TERRITOIRE DANS LE 16EME SIECLE LANDINFORMATIONSSYSTEME UM 1500

Today, the use of land information systems (LIS) has been becoming more popular because of the rapid developments in information technology. Nevertheless, in terminology, very little information is available about the historical development of LIS. Latest scientific searches in Ottoman archives revealed that a simple manual form of LIS was used in 1534 and carried out through the next 100 years. Almost 60 million land units were registered with some social and economical information. This paper reviews the early use of LIS in the Ottoman Empire, and includes some illustrations from the related archive work in Turkey.