Geospatial Tool and Geocloud Platform Innovations: A Fit-for-Purpose Land Administration Assessment

Mila Koeva, Mohammed Imaduddin Humayun, Christian Timm, Claudia Stöcker, Sophie Crommelinck, Malumbo Chipofya, Rohan Bennett and Jaap Zevenbergen
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Mila Koeva: Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC), University of Twente, 7514 AE Enschede, The Netherlands
Mohammed Imaduddin Humayun: Hansa Luftbild, Nevinghoff 20, 48147 Münster, Germany
Christian Timm: Hansa Luftbild, Nevinghoff 20, 48147 Münster, Germany
Claudia Stöcker: Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC), University of Twente, 7514 AE Enschede, The Netherlands
Sophie Crommelinck: Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC), University of Twente, 7514 AE Enschede, The Netherlands
Malumbo Chipofya: Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC), University of Twente, 7514 AE Enschede, The Netherlands
Rohan Bennett: Swinburne Business School, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, VIC 3122, Australia
Jaap Zevenbergen: Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC), University of Twente, 7514 AE Enschede, The Netherlands

Land, 2021, vol. 10, issue 6, 1-23

Abstract: The well-recognized and extensive task of mapping unrecorded land rights across sub-Saharan Africa demands innovative solutions. In response, the consortia of “its4land”, a European Commission Horizon 2020 project, developed, adapted, and tested innovative geospatial tools including (1) software underpinned by the smart Sketch maps concept, called SmartSkeMa; (2) a workflow for applying unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV); and (3) a boundary delineator tool based on the UAV images. Additionally, the consortium developed (4) a platform called Publish and Share (PaS), enabling integration of all the outputs of tool sharing and publishing of land information through geocloud web services. The individual tools were developed, tested, and demonstrated based on requirements from Rwanda, Kenya, Ethiopia, and Zanzibar. The platform was further tested by key informants and experts in a workshop in Rwanda after the AfricaGIS conference in 2019. With the project concluding in 2020, this paper seeks to undertake an assessment of the tools and the PaS platform against the elements of fit-for-purpose land administration. The results show that while the tools can function and deliver outputs independently and reliably, PaS enables interoperability by allowing them to be combined and integrated into land administration workflows. This feature is useful for tailoring approaches for specific country contexts. In this regard, developers of technical approaches tackling land administration issues are further encouraged to include interoperability and the use of recognized standards in designs.

Keywords: fit-for-purpose; land tenure; land administration; UAV; feature extraction (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q15 Q2 Q24 Q28 Q5 R14 R52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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