Progress in Cadastral Mapping in Tajikistan

PROGRESS IN CADASTRAL MAPPING IN TAJIKISTAN KACZYNSKI Romuald International Team Leader and Key Expert No1 in Photogrammetry and Satellite Image Processing e-mail: [email protected] YATIMOV Akbar Director of the Design and Research Institute FAZO e-mail: [email protected]

Abstract European Commission funded project in Tajikistan: “Support to the mapping and certification capacity of the Agency of Land Management, Geodesy and Cartography” is a part of the TACIS Action Programme 2004. The urgent need is to establish and develop a modern cadastral system for former Soviet Union collective farms in Tajikistan. The overall objective of the project is to support the implementation of a more transparent and efficient land reform process in Tajikistan through capacity building and assisting the Agency of Land Management, Geodesy and Cartography (ALMGC) in preparation of geodetic and modern photogrammetric data for cadastral mapping of agricultural land. The specific objective is to support and strengthen the professional capacity of the “FAZO” Institute (within of the ALMGK) in the field of satellite geodesy, digital photogrammetry, advanced digital satellite image processing and digital cartography. The project activity includes also cooperation and providing expertise with two ongoing projects: the World Bank project “Land Registration and Cadastre System for Sustainable Agriculture” and the SIDA project “Capacity Building for Implementation of the Law of Registration of Land and Immovable Property and Rights to it”. Main activities in the project are:  Lectures and on-the-job training for the staff of the Institute “FAZO” and ALMGC in satellite geodesy, digital photogrammetry, digital cartography and the use of high resolution satellite data for cadastral mapping of agricultural land;  Providing expertise and assisting “FAZO” in the establishment and measurement of the new geodetic network for cadastral mapping;  Providing technical expertise and assisting “FAZO” with the identification, GPS measurement and the use of ground control points for orthorectification of high resolution satellite images;  Assisting Institute “FAZO” in orientation and orthorectification of satellite images;  Transfer know-how in cadastral mapping;  Preparation of technology, technical manuals and Standard Operational Procedures;  Development and implementation of a Quality Control System for the produced digital cartographic data;  Providing technical expertise to the WB project and leading trainings courses for the personnel of their seven Regional Land Cadastre Centers in Tajikistan;  Providing consulting services in the field of geodesy and cartography for the private geodetic and mapping sectors;  Organization of study tours to private and governmental institutions in Europe and CIS countries. The new map projection was chosen and a new geodetic network based on GPS technology for cadastral mapping has been established in which all agricultural parcel boundaries will be mapped. The 1st order geodetic GPS network for cadastral mapping has been established in 2008 and the 2nd order in the end of 2009. The necessary high resolution satellite imagery IKONOS and QuickBird have been provided by the World Bank project and are now using in “FAZO” for orthorectification. More then two thousand of digital orthophoto maps in scale 1:5000 have been produced with accepted accuracy.

In 2010 new satellite data: WorldView-1, WorldView-2 and GeoEye will be purchased for the agricultural regions where more accurate and actual maps are needed. On the basis of generated digital orthophotomaps cartographic layer of agricultural borders is being elaborated in FAZO Institute with the use of ArcGIS software.

Manuals and Standard Operational Procedures in satellite geodesy, digital photogrammetry, methods of elaboration of high resolution satellite data and digital cartography have been elaborated in English and Russian and implemented at FAZO Institute.

Technical data, workflows, accuracies achieved in all of the processes for elaboration of final digital cadastre maps of agricultural areas will be presented.