{"id":"47","title":"land information management system","body":"

Land is one of the major natural resources we need to survive. It serves as the base and platform for everything we do.\nThough land is a free gift of nature, it is fixed in supply. In other words,\nthe quantity cannot be increased as its demand increases, hence the necessity\nof developing an efficient and effective management system. Given the pressure\non land which is caused by exponential population growth rate, rural\nurban-migration and environmental hazards, land information management has\nbecome the major concern of every government and policy makers. In 1991, World\nBank (WB) reported that it took one hundred and thirty years (130) for the\nworld population to rise from one billion to two billion. However, in 2015, it\nreported that given the growth rate, it will only take 15 years for the world\npopulation to rise from 7.3 billion to 8.5 billion. The recent trend in\npopulation expansion has made it crucial to take the issue of land management important.\nThus, information on land has become an asset to governments, policy makers,\ninvestors and stakeholders.   <\/span> <\/span> <\/p>

What is land information management? <\/span> <\/p>

Land\ninformation management is the process of recording, processing and accessing\ninformation of a land. Land information management system on the other hand\nimplies the way and manner by which governments, property managers and land\ndepartments track data, manage documents and relate with stakeholders on land\nissues. As we earlier noted, land information management system has moved from cadastral\nto e-cadastral system. The e-cadastral or digital land information management\nsystem is a digital or computerized method of managing land information. This digitized land information management system provides easy, accurate, reliable\nand accessible information management platform through which land information\ncould easily be accessed and payments easily made also. It is a web-based\napplication used to keep and retrieve information on lands, buy and sell lands,\nregister