Extraction of Parcel Boundaries from Ortho-rectified Aerial Photos: A cost effective technique

摘要

Most property in Afghanistan has never been surveyed. A majority of landowners do not hold legally recognized deeds to their property, but rather have customary land deeds with poorly defined property descriptions. The lack of clear boundaries is a major factor in the pervasive, bitter and often fatal land disputes. Courts play an important role in land relations, which prepare and archive legal deeds, and adjudicate on land claims. The ownership of real property is regulated by a complex of customary, religious and statutory law. Years of war and civil strife prevented the import of modern survey and mapping technologies by which boundaries could be easily determined. A cost-effective methodology for surveying and mapping property boundaries to support the registration of property rights was developed in close collaboration with Afghan Geodesy and Cartography Head Office (AGCHO).