Optimised data acquisition processes and tools for land administration
Gustafson, Bo A.S.
Novel tools and procedures for use in land administration are among enabling technologies in efforts to reduce poverty through land policy reforms. Working with the ministry of Lands Water and the Environment in Uganda, DataGrid, Inc., has developed an integrated but flexible system of hardware, software and operating procedures that may be adapted and optimized for broader use. The system includes survey instruments and software with recommended procedures for systematic demarcation, adjudication, surveying and data capturing. Land data is stored in an on-the-spot field accessible database and can automatically generate a land document with property sketch and key survey data. The document and database can be augmented with demographic, social, as well as geo-referenced GIS data that may be used for a wide range of planning purposes. Since there are now programs in place to promote systematic land reform on national scales there is an opportunity to enhance the return by extending the scope to national resource management in a broader sense than land management. The proposed system is designed to be expandable and compatible with other database formats.
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