Category: Land
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Secure Tenure on Zanzibar
Using cutting-edge technologies to simplify the process of obtaining proof of property ownership in Zanzibar Our solution is designed to simplify and modernize the outdated, paper-based data collection and parcel mapping processes, all while tackling the challenges of limited professional capacity and high costs of land data collection. By teaming up with the Commission for…
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Consensus in Documenting Land Rights
The importance of consensus in determining land rights has gained a lot of attention in recent years, especially when it comes to collecting data on land properties and demarcating boundaries. Consensus in land rights refers to the process of ensuring that all parties involved – landowners, community members, and relevant authorities – agree on the…
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User Experience Testing of Mobile Applications for Cadastral Surveys
Following our previous blog post titled Technical Testing of Mobile Applications for Cadastral Surveys, we continue our look back at the work we did a while ago on evaluating mobile tools/apps aimed at cadastral surveys and land/property mapping. In this blog post, we explain the tool we developed for user experience testing of mobile applications.…
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Technical Testing of Mobile Applications for Cadastral Surveys
Following our previous blog post titled Introduction to User Experience Testing of Mobile Applications for Cadastral Surveys, we continue our look back at the work we did a while ago on evaluating mobile tools/apps aimed at cadastral surveys and land/property mapping. In this blog post, we explain the tool we developed for technical testing of…
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Introduction to User Experience Testing of Mobile Applications for Cadastral Surveys
We are currently in the midst of User Experience testing of our new mobile application, so I thought it might be useful to look back at the work we did a while ago on evaluating mobile tools/apps aimed at cadastral surveys and land/property mapping. In 2017, Spatial Collective applied new technologies to the data capture…
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Open Cities Zanzibar
Open Cities Africa Project Open Cities Africa is an initiative carried out in 10 cities in Sub-Saharan Africa, to engage local government, civil society, and the private sector to develop the information infrastructures necessary to meet 21st-century urban resilience challenges. The project is aligned with the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery’s (GFDRR) Resilient…
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Applying ICTs to the Data Capture Element of Land Registration: Lessons Learnt and Recommendations
This is the next in the series of blog posts on research into applying ICTs to the data capture element of land registration. It follows the previous blog post titled: Testing ICTs and Affordable Mapping Tools for Demarcation of Land Under Real-World Scenarios. In our research conducted in 2017, we aimed to test whether: Cheap…
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Testing ICTs and Affordable Mapping Tools for Demarcation of Land Under Real-World Scenarios
This is the next in the series of blog posts on research into applying ICTs to the data capture element of land registration. This blog post follows the previous blog post was titled: Testing ICTs and Affordable Mapping Tools for Demarcation of Land under Ideal Conditions. In the previous post, we looked at how some available…
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Testing ICTs and Affordable Mapping Tools for Demarcation of Land Under Ideal Conditions
This is the next in the series of blog posts on research into applying ICTs to the data capture element of land registration. The previous blog post was titled: Technical Thresholds Required for Demarcation of Individual and Community Land in Kenya. The idea of communities demarcating their own land is predicated on a series of…
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Technical Thresholds Required for Demarcation of Individual and Community Land in Kenya
This is the next in the series of blog posts on research into applying ICTs to the data capture element of land registration. The previous blog post was titled: Registration of Private Land in Kenya. Following the fit-for-purpose principle, the accuracy of data capture of boundary points can be considered as a variable based on…