Architecture and Services for Imagery Based Land Administration Registration

Introduction and Background:

Most people-to-land-relationships worldwide are not recognised nor identified or documented. Existing land administration systems are incomplete and do not perform. Alternatives are needed.

The Fit For Purpose (FFP) Land Administration approach provides a new, innovative and pragmatic solution to land administration. The solution is directly aligned with country specific needs, is affordable and flexible to accommodate different types of land tenure, and can be upgraded when economic opportunities or social requirements arise. The approach is based on a set of principles for building institutional, legal/regulatory and spatial frameworks. Low cost approaches are promoted.

One of the principles of a FFP approach is in the use of imagery for boundary identification. Infrastructure for provision of the imagery in support to collection of evidence from the field is needed. Services for data access, transport and distribution are required. Data protection is crucial.

The event on Building Infrastructure and Services for Imagery Based Land Administration discusses the requirements and the options for business models and provides an insight to the topic for industry.

Global spatial data providers offer services and tools to include voluntary collected data – e.g. Google Earth, Microsoft Virtual Earth, OpenStreetMap, and many more.

There are challenges in relation to the inclusion of spatial units for land administration linked with legal/administrative data on land use rights and right holders. Administrative attributes are still mostly “out of scope” for the broader geospatial industry. This needs development. Open geospatial standards are available but need to be promoted in the context of land administration.

Infrastructure, services providers, software developers and academia will be invited to discuss a first draft strategy on how to address the challenges of integration administrative with geospatial data. This includes the organisational and technical options for land rights recordation based on a minimal dataset related to the developments in reference systems as supported by those providers.

Organizers

The event is co-organised by World Bank, GLTN, FIG and the OGC. Involvement of GLTN is crucial – the network contributes the requirements. UN-FAO, UN-Habitat, UN-GGIM and other UN agencies are welcome to get involved.

Program outline