GIS tools play a major role in   different    types   of land   accounting,   monitoring, procurement, utilisation and infrastructure development all over the world. Our land records are still managed on century old British system and all land records needs consolidation.

 It is sorry state of affair that no national system of geographic information exists. Data is available but maps  are very old and there is no method to update the maps. Maps are made on cloth and written in Urdu   or    in regional languages. These maps need immediate digitisation.

 The books of land records like Khasra Gardavari (Form-P4), Khatauni (Form-P6), Jamabandi etc. needs to be also updated from time to time. These books are being used extensively along with land acquisition and litigation generating voluminous paper to serve the farmer. The storage of these documents are prone to natural disaster like fire, flood, earthquake, loss or damages due to white ants etc.

 The land records and related documents need to be electronically documented and linked to digitised maps of the area to generate the true Geographical Information System and Electronic Document management System (GIS+EDMS).

                                                                        ADVANTAGES OF GIS+DMS

1 All important document are instantly available.
2 Query is possible.
3 Document linking to GIS improves visual data analysis there by improving decision making.
4 Data is updatable on line.
5 Provides thematic and statistic analysis.
6 Number of computer applications can be developed.
7 Highly qualified computer trained persons are not required.
8 Learning curve for GIS+EDMS is very low.
9 Facilitate day to day monitoring of project.
10 Powerful MIS feasible.

                                                                         DIGITISED MAPS

AII the village maps maintained by Patwaris are to be digitised. The maps of districts and sub-districts can be digitized upto the block level with village boundary, waterways, green belts, roads, police station jurisdictions, public distribution shops, hospitals and dispensary, drainage and sewage etc to improve monitoring the progress of the districts.

                                                                         PROJECT DATA FOR  VILLAGES

The survey and census data can be linked to a village The information available can be used for socio-economic growth of villages. The following data(which can be plotted on the village maps) is of immense use for visual analysis to monitor projects for homogeneous growth of villages

I . Educational Institutes

                   (a) Primary school              (b) Middle school                  (c) High school            (d) College

 2 Medical Institutions

 3 Drinking Water

 4. Post & Telegraph facility

                    (a) Post office                  (b) Telegraph office                      (c) Phone connections

5 Market Periodicity 

 6 Transport