![]() Adopting the system will ensure an easy flow of land information and ensures there is well-structured process of collecting, storing, and disseminating land information. The system is composed of a single database, a web mapping application and an interactive website that provides for pan, zoom, and query in GIS functionality. Web-GIS functionality was extended with the help of OpenLayers API. In view this, QGIS was used for data processing, PostgreSQL was used for the database design while QGIS Cloud was used to expose the data as geospatial web services. ![]() The main objective of this work has been to develop a web-based LIS that facilitates users’ access and retrieval of land information. With the internet being an integral part of society, it is a powerful means for people to exchange and process information. ![]() However, in most cases, land information is still largely inaccessible to the public where and when is needed at an instant. The use of desktop geographic information system has been an effective tool for capturing, storing, analyzing, and making land information available. Many developing countries are faced with the absence of an adequate or coordinated land administrative system that are fit for purpose. The paper reports on work underway on the development of a layered land administration ontology as part of an effort to produce a general land administration and registry software package that is highly adaptable and applicable across jurisdictions.Īccess to reliable land information is a fundamental requirement for effective land administration, management, and planning and for the sustainable development of any nation. Since knowledge representation models may be interpreted at runtime, the coupling between application and data is reduced and this allows for more adaptive applications to be developed, reducing the need for completely defined and explicit standards. The OO modeling paradigm also requires model completeness at compile time and does not allow for runtime emergence or evolution of models. This is in contrast with OO approaches, where software code is generated from the domain model at compile time. A Semantic Web approach to knowledge representation enables a machine processible domain model to be interpreted at runtime and enhances the prospects for automated decision making. SUMMARY This paper discusses the use of Web Ontology Language (OWL) for modeling the land administration domain as an alternative to the use of Object Oriented (OO) approaches such as the Unified Modeling Language (UML). This model is considered for adoption by most developing countries which cannot afford top end geographical information systems solutions in transportation management relating to accident reporting. This paper suggests an investigative research and discussion on the use of volunteered geographic information, free open source systems and possibilities that Web 2.0 can offer for citizen participatory mapping in providing valuable information on accident locations. With GIS tools, such information could be integrated with its spatial component and visualizations made where adequate analysis and interpretation could be made for informed decisions. However, such information is rarely utilized for transportation planning and management as a result of the lack of capacity by relevant authorities. In addition, the public can further provide such vital information in view of the enabled technologies of our time, especially the smart mobile phone. Transport Organizations in most countries hold vital information about road activities like accidents and other general trends concerning transportation.
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