Dutch Kadaster and the Indonesian National Land Agency have signed a new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). The two parties have been collaborating on the modernization and digitalization of land registration...

The 7th FIG regional conference entitled ‘Spatial Data Serving People' was held in Hanoi, Vietnam from 19th to 22nd October 2009, gathering together 250 international participants from 54 countries and...

Over the past 20 years, various initiatives have been launched reflecting the importance of cadastral data for land management and spatial development. But how have these initiatives enhanced the possibility...

Aimed at protecting the land rights of underrepresented citizens, fit-for-purpose land administration promotes alternative approaches to facilitate aiding and improving land tenure security based on the Social Tenure Domain Model...

YellowScan, a familiar name in the mapping and land surveying realm, is making a noteworthy entrance in the hydrographic sector with the introduction of its pioneering UAV-based bathymetric Lidar solution....

Daniel Asenso-Gyambibi is the director of the CSIR-BRRI, Ghana. His research areas are land administration, GIS and mapping. In his 23 years’ of professional experience, he has been involved in...

Incorporating smart methodologies in cadastral surveying is improving the land acquisition system in Ghana. Traditional cadastral surveying is time-consuming and, if not planned out well, could cost a fortune to...

Although customary tenure institutions come under considerable strain and their functions tend to be weakened by the existence of a statutory institutional framework, many people in peri-urban areas continue to...

In developing countries, large portions of land remain untitled, with less than 30% of cadastral coverage conforming to the situation on the ground. Where there is little land information, there...

From drones and satellites to airborne-based sensors and Lidar, advances in remote sensing and geospatial information science are driving the development of innovative methods for data acquisition, processing and maintenance....