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Biblioteca Unmanned Aerial System Imagery, Land Data and User Needs: A Socio-Technical Assessment in Rwanda

Unmanned Aerial System Imagery, Land Data and User Needs: A Socio-Technical Assessment in Rwanda

Unmanned Aerial System Imagery, Land Data and User Needs: A Socio-Technical Assessment in Rwanda

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Date of publication
Abril 2019
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ISBN / Resource ID
NARCIS:ut:oai:ris.utwente.nl:publications/d0163925-4406-4c78-9455-8537170649bc
Pages
20

Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) are emerging as a tool for alternative land tenure data acquisition. Even though UAS appear to represent a promising technology, it remains unclear to what extent they match the needs of communities and governments in the land sector. This paper responds to this question by undertaking a socio-technical study in Rwanda, aiming to determine the match between stakeholders' needs and the characteristics of the UAS data acquisition workflow and its final products as valuable spatial data for land administration and spatial planning. A needs assessment enabled the expression of a range of land information needs across multiple levels and stakeholder sectors. Next to the social study, three different UAS were flown to test not only the quality of data but the possibilities of the use of this technology within the current institutional environment. A priority list of needs for cadastral and non-cadastral information as well as insights into operational challenges and data quality measures of UAS-based data products are presented. It can be concluded that UAS can have a significant contribution to match most of the prioritized needs in Rwanda. However, the results also reveal that structural and capacity conditions currently undermine this potential.

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Stöcker, Claudia
Ho, Serene
Nkerabigwi, Placide
Schmidt, Cornelia
Koeva, Mila
Bennett, Rohan
Zevenbergen, Jaap
Department of Urban and Regional Planning and Geo-Information Management
UT-I-ITC-PLUS
Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation