DIGITAL INDIA LAND RECORDS MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM USING OPEN SOURCE GIS PRODUCT BHUNAKSHA

Abstract

This paper briefly introduces the tools used for the issue of Record of Rights (RoR) to the land owners containing the ownership details, the extent of the land, the land parcel map with boundary details and information related to adjacent plots. There is also a provision of splitting the plot into different parts because of ownership transfer, merging of plots because of court orders and annotating the land parcel map with various alamats (symbols). This tool is being used for Digital India Land Records Modernization (DILRMP), where the land parcel is updated through the workflow system of Bhunaksha. The existing cadastral maps are also digitized and integrated with the attribute data. Each land parcel is given a unique id consisting of 14 digits known as Unique Land Parcel Identification Number (ULPIN). “BHUNAKSHA” is developed using the open source java library called “GeoTools” to facilitate the management of the digitized parcel maps. The digitized parcel maps are stored in the PostgreSQL database with PostGis extension as a spatial database for secured access and updations of the land parcels. Use of Java Topology Suit (JTS), PostGis geography and geometry data type and sample screens of the application for various States are also shown. The spatial data infrastructure proposed to be implemented at Tehsil/District and State is also explained in this paper. The software is operational at Tehsils. The objective of this study is to facilitate end-to-end solutions for cadastral mapping starting from digital verification of raster and vector data of cadastral maps, integration with RoR and services such as mutation, updation, distribution of RoR and map to the citizen. It also caters to the requirements of the DILRMP project in G2G and G2C domains.