Cadasta: Securing Property Rights with Open Source

Cadasta: Securing Property Rights with Open Source

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  Securing Property Rights withOpen Source
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  What we do Providean innovative, alternative model for the collection and management of ownership, occupancy and spatial data in order to simplify, modernize and expedite the documentation of property rights in places where they do not exist today.
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  Great, but whatexactly is ‘land tenure?’ Land tenure is the relationship, whether legally or customarily, among people, as individuals or groups, with respect to land. It defines how access is granted to rights to use, control, and transfer land, as well as associated responsibilities and restraints.
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  In simple terms Landtenure systems determine who can use what resources for how long, and under what conditions.
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  It’s not justabout land “Land” includes other natural resources like water, grazing, agricultural, right of way, minerals and forests.
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  Facts about thestate of land tenure rights •80% of the world does not have secure land tenure rights. •1.2 billion people living in urban slums do not have the rights to where they live. •Documenting and digitizing property rights is a slow and difficult process. •Solutions are expensive and not sustainable. •Places with the least secure property rights are the most often exploited.
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  We believe thereis a better way
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  Cadasta = Open SourceTools + Data + Community + Maps
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  The Cadasta Platform
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  The software stack
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  The data tools Theflexibility of the ODK ecosystem means that each project in Cadasta can have a customized survey that captures the context- sensitive information on a location by location basis. The FormHub and ONA APIs extract JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) files to be loaded into the Cadasta Ingestion Engine. A script will run to find and export newly uploaded files on a regular basis thru the API.
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  Our data structure TheCadasta Database is a PostGreSQL data store that houses the schema that defines the core logic of the Cadasta Platform. The Cadasta database schema contains tables to store information about parcels, parcel history, surveys, relationships, relationship history and media.
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  Its not assimple as just collecting data. We must put people before data. That includes enabling informed consent and privacy protection. Open data v. privacy
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  Community is keyto sustainability We share learning, empower communities and actively contribute to open source projects.
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  The Cadasta Community •Developers • Technologists • Geospatial nerds • Community-based NGO’s • Donor organizations • Governmental land agencies
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  What’s ahead forCadasta? Release to partners Pilot #1 Pilot #2 Platform Release! 12/1510/15 11/15 01/16 Knowledge portal launch 02/16 Platform/program expansion
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  Join us, getinvolved! @CadastaOrg www.cadasta.org #landmatters github.com/Cadasta info@cadasta.org
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  Kate Chapman CTO, CadastaFoundation @wonderchook/@CadastaOrg