Print Email Facebook Twitter First experiences with a high-resolution imagery-based adjudication approach in Ethiopia Title First experiences with a high-resolution imagery-based adjudication approach in Ethiopia Author Lemmen, C.H.J. Zevenbergen, J.A. Faculty OTB Research Institute Department Geo-information and Land Development Date 2010-12-31 Abstract Great progress has been made with rural land certification in Ethiopia. This process, however, has been mainly confined to the first phase certificates – those without a georeference. In 2008, a team conducted a simple field test using high resolution imagery. On-site tests were performed to determine if Quickbird satellite imagery could be used to establish parcel index maps in selected villages. The data collection in the field was performed with the help of land rights holders and local officials. The image quality of the plots at a scale of 1:2000 was sufficiently high to allow the parties to easily understand the images and contribute input, making the process very participatory. Many land rights holders were not able to present their certificates, suggesting updating issues. Even though the test was not well prepared, it yielded useful experiences and data. This limited data set was processed initially with ArcGIS and later with the first prototype of the Social Tenure Domain Model (STDM), which is open-source software. Processing the limited graphical display of the boundaries was relatively easy, but trying to link the data to Global Positioning System (GPS) coordinates (collected, at the same time, with hand-held GPS) was not immediately possible due to offsets caused by a number of reasons. Nevertheless, the approach seems very useful for lower land value areas where coverage is more important than (absolute) accuracy. To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:e6f1ef68-0789-47b5-80ef-e4c13fea1bb6 Publisher The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development / The World Bank ISBN 9780821385807 Source Deininger, K., Augustinus, C., Enemark, S., Munro-Faure, P. (eds.), Innovations in land rights recognition, administration, and governance; Proceedings from the annual conference on land policy and administration Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type book chapter Rights (c) 2010 Lemmen, C.H.J.; Zevenbergen, J.A.; The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development / The World Bank Files PDF lemmen.pdf 629.56 KB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:e6f1ef68-0789-47b5-80ef-e4c13fea1bb6/datastream/OBJ/view