Geo-spatial metadata information system to support state land administration in Colombo
Wijenayake, Nelson
Sri Lanka, being a developing country in south Asian region has recorded a growth in land tenure and related land administrative proceedings by following the regulations issued since the colonial times. Having established the Survey Department in1800, surveys related to land administration have been carried out for more than two centuries and a large number of statutory survey plans has been archived. These old survey records are not only very important but also play a vital role in present land administrative issues. Since 1977, the country has been exposed to open economy. This trend has made the country rapidly urbanized resulting conflicts of geo-spatial data floods. Organizations dealing with urban land administration possess various types of spatial datasets used in different project levels in different time frames. These have been archived digitally or as manuscripts without proper documentation of relevant meta information. Hence, the organizations which owned geo-spatial data have failed to present geo data to their clients to suit for the requested purposes. The city planners of many institutions are in conflict in seeking relevant information for initiating their projects. Especially, Non Governmental Organizations (NGO) involved in infrastructure developing Programmes need geospatial data to suit with their applications. Lack of Geo-spatial Meta Information System supported by National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI) results a critical draw back in implementation of land related developing tasks.
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