Realistic approach for cadastral mapping

V. N.Channa, Dr. R.C.Srivastava, Avneesh Gupta
Board of Revenue ,Uttar Pradesh


Sketching the Picture.
There is an increasing focus on Local Government rested with the power and resources to plan and act. This became a reality when a notification was issued by the Government of India after the 73rd Amendment Act 1992 on Panchayati Raj. The constitution specifies 29 functions for the Panchayti Raj bodies, which range from Agriculture and Animal Husbandry, to Housing Roads, Rural Electrification and so forth. For all such activities, these local bodies urgently require up to date maps, preferably in digital form, linked to an easy to use, GIS.

The main problem facing these local bodies, is the lack of updated cadstral information, linked to current land use, ownerhship and so forth. Without such an information base, it is difficult for local or any administration for that matter, to make appropriate plans.

This paper highlights some of the modern techniques of field surveying, using GPS and Laser, which has revolutionized the collection of field data for updating cadastral maps/records today. It also brings out how the traditional field survey data collected during "chain and offset surveys:, can be input into to CAD system, so as to automate the creation of parcels/plots.

It provides an end-to-end workflow by which the existing cadastral maps can be converted and made intelligent in an easy to use, GIS environment. Updated information, collected in the filed, using modern technology, can be smoothly inducted into the data base, thus maintaining the same up to date.

It is felt, that all those involved with Local Government and LIS would benefit from this paper .