Land information systems are systems for acquiring, processing, storing, and distributing information about land. They may contribute to secure land tenure or support land valuation, land use planning and land development. Despite contextual differences between countries, there are fundamental concepts that apply to all land information systems. The main objective of this course is to discover, apply, and assess these concepts and technologies – and inspire students to deploy them in the creation and maintenance of scalable real-world land information systems.
The course focuses on the modeling of data and processes for the implementation of Information Systems for Land Administration. It therefore has two integrated series of lectures: one focusing on data modeling and implementation in a spatially enabled database management systems; the other focusing on the identification and modeling/design of software functionalities that support land administration processes. These two parts are linked together by a practical LIS prototyping workshop.