State-wide digital database and GIS of cadastral maps
Storage and Retrieval
Digital copy of cadastral maps can be exactly reproduced in hard copy form or electronically transported over the internet among various departments and made available to all users ensuring common uniformity with all kinds of associated information.
Information Content and Utility
In a conventional setup of cadastral information (Khasra map and Khatauni Register), the information content is limited to debatable land holding size and ownership information with the old record of agricultural pattern. However, digital cadastral maps can be dynamically linked with village level crime analysis & prevention, diseases control, movements of goods/crop etc.
Information Sharing
Today global market and information have shrunken to desktop level whereby information sharing is a matter of second’s gap, the intra- and inter- government department’s information sharing at cadastral level is a difficult task in the present situation. These can be achieved by having an internet linked Centralized Digital Cadastral Information Network available without any hassle, which in turn will streamline not only the revenue information but also will be useful to formulate an effective national policy in time.
Security Aspect
The existing system is subject to various kinds of malpractices like distorting the plot boundary or changing the ownership etc. But in a digital cadastral system, by virtue of its transparency and centralized accessibility, modification and updating of records or boundary can be restricted to a few authorized departments at the central level.
Legal validity of Digital Maps
Existing paper/cloth maps would be digitally scanned and line maps prepared. This process will produce exact replica of paper/cloth maps. The Patwari/district revenue officer would check and incorporate necessary corrections and certify that old paper record and the new digital map are identical. Similarly, Khatoni details would be computerized and printouts would be checked by Patwari/district revenue officer. Thereafter, the digital maps would have the legal sanctity required under the law.