Title Registration and Land Information Systems

Spatial Focus's team members have been active in the development of title registration and land information systems throughout the world. Working in Malawi, Russia, Kazakhstan, Armenia, and Ghana, we have facilitated the development of organizational infrastructures, workflows, automation and development plans for the implementation of Title Registries, cadastral mapping systems, and comprehensive land information systems.

While it may be an ultimate goal to create a fully automated registry, our experience is that this process is a gradual one, beginning with automation of the central registry, and spreading to various districts and outlying areas. Reliability of electricity, technical support services, and communications all affect the speed and degree of automation. Further, the organizational capacity for automated systems must be considered. As we develop implementation schemes for automating title registration, our first consideration is to insure that the workflows of documents through the Registry are logical and efficient. We then develop a plan to automate these workflows in a phased program. During the automation phase, which may last several years, the paper system is fully integrated into the automated one, to reduce duplication of effort and to maximize the value of the automated segments. Our research endeavors have also resulted in the development of cost-effective and environmentally rugged systems that operate under adverse conditions. Where possible, public domain and open-source software (see our Return on Investment section here) is recommended as an option to proprietary software which may be expensive and difficult to maintain in remote locations. As always, it is our goal to create the environment that supports the success of our clients.