Digital and 3D Cadastre
Year: III Semester: VI
| Teaching Hours/week | Examination Scheme | Total Marks | ||||||||
| Internal | Final | |||||||||
| Theory | Practical | Theory | Practical | |||||||
| Cr | L | T | P | Duration | Marks | Duration | Marks | |||
| 3 | 3 | 2/2 | - | 40 | 3hrs | 60 | 100 | |||
Course Objectives:
a. To provide general and theoretical knowledge in Digital Cadastre and 3D Cadastre.
b. To provide knowledge on the present status of Digital and 3D Cadastre in Nepal.
c. To enable students with practical skills in Digital Cadastre.
Course Contents:
1. Digital Cadastre Introduction (5 hours)
1.1 Cadastral survey review
1.2 Method of Cadastral survey (Digital vs Analog)
1.3 Difference between analog and digital cadastre
1.4 Advantages of Digital cadastre
1.5 Challenges of digital cadastre implementation
2. Digital Cadastral Database Preparation Using Existing Maps (8 hours)
2.1 Scanning of Cadastral maps
2.2 Points to consider during scanning
2.3 Scaling and geo-referencing
2.4 Database design and management
2.5 Digitization
2.6 Topology checking and data validation
2.7 Problems and challenges of digital database preparation using existing maps
3. Methods of Digital Cadastral Survey (8 hours)
3.1 Different methods of digital cadastral survey
3.2 Control point establishment using Traverse and GNSS
3.3 General process of digital cadastral survey
3.4 Process of digital cadastral survey using:
- Total station
- UAV
- Remote sensing images
3.5 Comparison of different methods of digital cadastre
4. Digital Cadastre Initiation in Nepal (6 hours)
4.1 Initiation of digital cadastre in Nepal
4.2 Activities of Survey Department, Cadastral Survey Division
4.3 Land Reform and Management Department
4.4 Spatial application extension and Parcel Editor application
4.5 NeLIS and Merokitta application
5. Land Information System (LIS) (5 hours)
5.1 LIS introduction
5.2 LIS and GIS
5.3 Components of LIS
5.4 Data integration and interoperability for LIS
5.5 Metadata and data quality
5.6 Advantages of LIS
5.7 Land Information System and Digital Cadastre
5.8 SDI and LIS
6. 3D Cadastre (5 hours)
6.1 Introduction to 3D Cadastre
6.2 Need and Importance of 3D Cadastre
6.3 3D data collection and data visualization
6.4 Present status of 3D Cadastre in Nepal
6.5 Modelling of 3D Cadastre
7. International Trends and Practices in Digital Cadastre (3 hours)
7.1 International trends and practices in digital cadastre
7.2 3D Cadastre system (Law, organization, technology) in different countries
7.3 Current practice of 3D registration: case studies
8. Legislation Procedures (5 hours)
8.1 Objectives of legislations
8.2 Types of legislations and their formulation
8.3 Legal proceedings in litigation issues
Exercises:
a. Traverse computation (3 hours)
b. Digital database preparation using existing cadastral sheet (4 hours)
c. Digital database preparation using Total Station data (3 hours)
d. Digital database preparation using UAV (2 hours)
e. Demonstration of NeLIS and Merokitta System (1 hour)
f. Parcel Subdivision practices (Kittakat practices) (2 hours)
Recommended Reading and Reference Books:
- P.F. Dale, Cadastral Survey within the Communities
- S.R. Simpson, Land Law and Registration
- G.M. Cole, Water Boundary, John Wiley and Son Inc., 1997
- National Research Council, Procedure and Standards of Multi-Purpose Cadastre, National Academy Press, 1983
- Cadastre 2014, FIG
- J.A. Simpson, River and Lake Boundaries, Surveying Water Boundary: A Manual, Plat Key Publishers Co.
Examination Scheme
| Chapter | Very short questions | Short questions | Long questions | Total Marks | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of questions | Marks | No. of questions | Marks | No. of questions | Marks | ||
| 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | - | - | 6 |
| 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| 3 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | - | - | 8 |
| 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | - | - | 6 |
| 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | - | - | 6 |
| 7 | - | - | 2 | 8 | - | - | 8 |
| 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | - | - | 6 |
| Total | 4 | 8 | 8 | 32 | 2 | 20 | 60 |
Model Questions
Very Short Questions [4×2 = 8]
- What is the resolution of a scanned cadastral image?
- What are the major services provided by Merokitta?
- What is 3D Cadastre?
- Which software is being used by the Survey Department to conduct digital cadastral surveying?
Short Questions [8×4 = 32]
- What are the differences between analog and digital cadastre?
- What are the present provisions regarding 3D Cadastre in Nepal?
- What are the major topological rules to correct a digital cadastral database?
- How can we scale a scanned cadastral map? Describe briefly.
- What are the major features of a digital cadastral database?
- Compute the four corner coordinates of sheet number 102-1270.
- What are the major provisions of SOP for digital cadastral survey?
- What are NeLIS and Merokitta? Describe briefly.
Long Questions [2×10 = 20]
- Describe the process of digital cadastre using UAV with its pros and cons.
- What is LIS? What is the importance of LIS? Describe the present situation of LIS in Nepal.