THE GHANA ENTERPRISE LAND INFORMATION SYSTEM (GELIS) AS A COMPONENT OF NATIONAL GEOSPATIAL POLICY GRAHAM DEANE and ROBERT OWEN, Airbus Defence and Space BENJAMIN QUAYE, Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources, Land Administration Project 21st March 2017

Overview of Presentation Starting in 2011, Ghana’s Second Land Administration Project (LAP2) has, amongst other things, been given the responsibility for developing a consolidated National Geospatial Policy (NGP) This is based on a draft NSDI policy drafted in 2013, together with a Survey and Mapping Policy, also created in 2013, and a Geodetic Reference Network Policy created in 2014 The National Geospatial Policy (2016) sets the scene for developing a National Spatial Data Infrastructure At the same time, LAP-2 is developing the Ghana Enterprise Land Information System (GELIS), also based on a number of previously developed foundations and components This paper explores how the implementation of GELIS is contributing to the development of an NSDI fro Ghana and laying the foundations for a comprehensive framework of data sharing for the Government, key stakeholders and citizens. 21st March 2017 GELIS as a component of National Geospatial Policy

NSDI Globally Benefits becoming widely acknowledged and accepted Infrastructures being implemented globally “Around 50% of the 54 African countries have formally taken steps to develop their national geo-information policies” (Andre Nonguierma - United Nations Economic Commission for Africa Oct 2014) Benefits Reducing duplication Allowing awareness and knowledge of what is available Encouraging more efficient use of data Encouraging data sharing Encouraging adoption of standards 21st March 2017 GELIS as a component of National Geospatial Policy

The Current Situation – Ghana Projects Many projects and initiatives becoming aware of NSDI benefits Ghana Agriculture Online GIS Platform Street and Property Addressing Millennium Cities Initiative Accra – Resilient City (Rockefeller Foundation) Smart Cities Challenge (IBM) Future Cities Alliance for Greater Accra Open Data for Ghana Commercial Agriculture Project Tourism maps 21st March 2017 GELIS as a component of National Geospatial Policy

The Current Situation – Ghana Organisations Agencies aware of benefits and key players in SDI Environment Protection Agency – has created an environmental SDI with interoperable data and a data sharing agreement Ghana Statistical Service – a long history of using GIS to create national datasets (e.g. Districts / Enumeration Areas) National Information Technology Agency – key for infrastructure, standards and geospatial delivery National Development Planning Commission – key for coordinating high level, cross-government development and economic programmes Survey and Mapping Division (of Lands Commission) –the main geospatial data provider and the national mapping agency, central to the development, improvement and accessibility of geospatial data

National Geospatial Policy Components 21st March 2017 GELIS as a component of National Geospatial Policy

Consolidation of Policies 21st March 2017 GELIS as a component of National Geospatial Policy

Geospatial Data – Fundamental Datasets 21st March 2017 GELIS as a component of National Geospatial Policy

Key elements in achieving an NSDI 21st March 2017 GELIS as a component of National Geospatial Policy

GELIS in the Framework of an NSDI 21st March 2017 GELIS as a component of National Geospatial Policy

GELIS is Capturing Data Overhead scanners now installed at SMD with OCR, metadata capture and QA procedures developed The expanding volume of archived documents is a major storage and data security problem 21st March 2017 GELIS as a component of National Geospatial Policy

GELIS is building a capacity 21st March 2017 GELIS as a component of National Geospatial Policy

Conclusions The fundamentals of GELIS fit into the framework of an NSDI Data capture is preserving the archive, widening the potential availability of data and introducing QA, standards and maintaining the metadata GELIS software is at the first stage of development, with budget restrictions reducing the current scope; but the fundamentals are in place for building the comprehensive system that the Lands Commission needs for the future GELIS links with other initiatives such as the Client Service and Access Units (CSAU) software that the LC have been developing, and other software systems, such as LUPMIS, already being used in Ghana GELIS develops the process of implementing the geospatial policy, building on previous success stories and moving along the road to a spatially enabled society 21st March 2017 GELIS as a component of National Geospatial Policy

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