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Showing items 1 through 9 of 9.An Introduction to Blockchain
Blockchain, at its most basic, is database technology. It is a type of distributed ledger, that can be concurrently accessed and updated by multiple users.
An Introduction to Drones
Land surveying and mapping are evolving rapidly due to advances in unmanned aerial system, or drone, technology.
An Introduction to Dual-Band GNSS
The vast majority of Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS)-enabled consumer devices—like phones, tablets, smart watches, and car navigation systems—use single-frequency receivers, which are only accurate to abo
An Introduction to Machine Learning
Machine learning is an application of artificial intelligence (AI) that enables systems to programmatically “learn” and improve from past experience.
An Introduction to Self-Sovereign Identity
Self-sovereign identity (SSI) is a new paradigm for creating digital identity systems that function more like identity does in the physical world, where every person has a unique and persistent ide
An Introduction to 3D Cadastre
Over the last half century the world has seen rapid urbanization, which is anticipated to increase over the foreseeable future.
Indigenous Peoples and local communities hold a large share of the world’s land area under customary systems. However, there is a tremendous gap between what is held by communities in practice and what is formally recognised by governments.
The year 2016 marks 15 years since the new wave land reforms became operational in Tanzania. Despite its ambitious goals – encouraging land registration and titling, and empowering women and other vulnerable groups – the results are disillusioning.
In many Asian, African, and South American nations, indigenous people are being driven from their homes: Government authorities are leasing hundreds of thousands of hectares of land belonging to indigenous people who only in the rarest of cases possess deeds to the land that are recognised by the