Concept, Design And Development Of Land Administration And Cadastre Systems Using Open Source Software
Tarek Zein, Christian Timm & Paul Hartfiel
In deploying new or modernizing existing land administration and cadastre systems the relevant authorities / agencies must decide whether to use open source or proprietary software. Neither open source nor proprietary software can fully cater to the requirements of land administration and cadastre authorities. The two types of platform will require customization in order to meet the requirements of the requesting authority, region or country. Such requirements will vary according to land legislation and local/regional regulations. Cadastre and land administration systems in developed countries have been established over a long period of time and these are usually implemented using expensive proprietary solutions. In most developing countries land administration systems only exist in fragments. Proprietary software solutions implemented in developed countries cannot be ported to developing countries since the system and administrative incompatibilities are too great. This paper discusses the advantages of open source software (OSS), contrasting it with proprietary software. It then goes on to describe the building of land registration and cadastre systems based on open source software and proposes a reference architecture for such systems based on the generic ISO Land Administration Domain Model (LADM). The paper also presents an overview of existing open source projects which are relevant to land administration and cadastre.
Event: Annual World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty 2015
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