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4.

4 Land Information Systems

The International Federation of Surveyors (FIG) defines a land information system (LIS) as:

"a tool for legal, administrative and economic decision-making and an aid for planning and
development. A land information system consists, on the one hand, of a database containing spatially
referenced land-related data for a defined area and, on the other, of procedures and techniques for the
systematic collection, updating, processing and distribution of the data. The base of a land information
system is a uniform spatial referencing system, which also simplifies the linking of data within the
system with other land-related data."

Data relating to land and property is increasingly being managed within formal land information
systems. The land information system (LIS) plays a central role in managing the flow of and access to this
data. The operations of the LIS encompass various stages and processes of dealing with data. They
include:

the acquisition and assembly of data;

the processing, storage, and maintenance of data; and

the retrieval, analysis, and dissemination of data.

The usefulness of the LIS depends upon its being accurate, accessible, up-to-date, complete, and
comprehensive. It also depends on user-friendliness, as distinct from convenience merely for the
producer of the information it contains.

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An efficient LIS facilitates access to accurate and relevant information. This in turn leads to informed
land management decision-making. The type and scope of information in a LIS database may vary for
different jurisdictions, depending on the administration system it supports and priorities. Traditionally,
however, land information systems evolve from basic cadastres (e.g., parcels, ownership, boundaries,
and rights) and then later widen their scope to multipurpose cadastres. A multi-purpose cadastre
integrates legal information (e.g., parcels, ownership, boundaries, rights), physical information (e.g.,
topography, man-made features), and cultural information (e.g., land use, demographics) into a
common and accurate spatial reference framework.
A Land Information System may exist in manual or paper form. In paper form, all the data and
procedures for capturing, storing, and disseminating data are paper-based. This approach is slow,
inefficient, outdated, and has given way to the computer-based LIS. Nowadays, a reference to LIS
generally means a computer-based LIS.

A computer-based LIS is beneficial in that it:

Facilitates faster processing of land registrations and transactions.

Provides an efficient way of storing land records, hence saving space and cost.

Leads to standardization in the collection and processing of information.

Saves records from deterioration through tear and wear.

Allows efficient security procedures for preventing unauthorized access.

Efficiently manages backup and recovery of records in case of fire and other disasters.

Promotes intra- and inter-institutional collaboration.

For the purposes of this Issues Paper, we have adopted the FIG definition of a land information system.
The same definition has been used in Government-commissioned LIS reports.

To ease reference, we repeat the FIG definition here:

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