Land Geospatial Services
LaPSIS (Land and Property Spatial Information System) is a government-driven engine that stores all land and landed property data including cadastre, ownership, title documents, deeds, administrative boundaries and points of interest amongst others in South Africa. LaPSIS is used to identify, verify, manage and monitor state, communal and private land thereby facilitating the acquisition, holding, development and release of this land for residential and community purposes. The system offers sophisticated queries as well as graphic and alphanumeric display capabilities. The implementation of the system allows the Agency to detect all gaps in the land identification and acquisition process. LaPSIS also handles the generation of reports thus establishing itself as an intelligent reference system supporting strategic planning and guiding decision-making processes at a national level.
The HDA is also currently developing the South African National Human Settlements Land Inventory (NaHSLI) which is a comprehensive, multi-dimensional catalogue of habitable land (i.e. fit for human habitation). NaHSLI presents a national tool that is based on the geospatial analysis of the natural, regulatory, structural and social environment context within which a Habitable Land Profile for South Africa is being developed. Further, the tool facilitates the identification of suitable, available, accessible and livelihood land thereby demarcating non-habitable land and risk prone areas and informing potential users (i.e. planners, developers) where human settlements could be best located. NaHSLI also provides an insight into the development potential of the habitable land and lends itself to the functions of choice, governance and sustainability. For more information about the HDA’s Land Geospatial Services contact Karishma Busgeeth on her email karishma.busgeeth@thehda.co.za.