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Ministry of Lands & Mineral Resources

Geospatial División

National Land use Development Plan Web-GIS

&National Land Register

Project

Ms. Leba Gaunavinaka

• Background on National Land Use Development Plan Web-GIS

• Key phases and themes• Data and custodians• Data Cleaning & Preparations • Development of “Vanua-GIS” product

• Introduction to National Land Register • Updates

Summary

FGIS, LMR

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Background on National Land Use Development Web-GIS

• Recommended by the Committee on the Better Utilisation of Land

(CEBUL)

• Cabinet submission by Ministry of Strategic Planning, National

Development & Statistics (Sustainable Land Use Development)

• Building on from Land Use Master Plan

(by LMR from 2012 -2014)

• ITC Services (Server & Infrastructure establishment)

• Core-Logic Consultants, New Zealand

• Lands Department, FGIS (Project Implementation)FGIS, LMR

• Supports Pillar 6 of the PCCPP by “making more land available for productive & social purposes”

• Enables government to monitor major developments on land use activities.

• Modeling and mapping our land use using the integrative collaborative capabilities of a web-GIS, to better plan Fiji’s way forward

National Land Use Development Web-GIS

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National Land Use Development Web-GIS

Preparation of data & development of

“Vanua-GIS”

Generation of Suitability Maps

Data updates & maintenance

Data Cleaning/ Enhancements &

Analysis

Prioritization of Suitability Mapping

Training

Manage the design, testing, launch & support of the Web-GIS technology

Desktop Analysis/ Verification with field and subject experts

Operations : updates & applications maintenance

Conceptual Framework : Three phases

Phase 1 Phase 2 Phase 3

Digitizing and data transferRelevance of the datasetsConsistency / Integrity

GIS spatial data

Research / textual data

Project Staff - Lands Department

Land Use DevelopmentCentral Database

Decision making & land use information support system

Collection of maps On national land use

Editors

Quality Controls (QCs)

ITC Database Management

Desktop Analysis

・Provide information to aid decision making on land use developments & potentials・Convenient access to related information・Effective action ・Support for un-utilized orunderutilized areas

Data PreparationsEditing & Improvements,

Geodatabases, Domains & Subtypes

Modeling, Analysis process

EvaluationVerification

VANUA - GIS

Planning

- User requirementsProject Plan

Required ResourcesCached vs. Dynamic

Suitability Mapping

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WEB-GIS Centralisation of Land use

MLMR ENTERPRISE LICENSE INFRASTRUCTURE (ELA) DESIGN

QA/QC

Other government agencies

EDITOR AND PUBLISHING ENVIRONMENT

Web map product

Credits : Core-Logic

LANDS DEPARTMENT

MIN. OF AGRICULTURE

(LAND USE PLANNING SECTION)

(INFRASTRUCTURE)TFL / WAF / FEA

FIJI ROADS AUTHORITY

DEPT. OF FORESTRY

iTLTB

MIN. OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT,

HOUSING & ENVIRONMENT

FIJI METEOROLOGICAL SERVICES & NIWA,

NZ

SUGAR INDUSTRY

MINERAL RESOURCES DEPARTMENT

MIN. OF EDUCATIONFIJI

MUSEUM

MIN. OF TOURISM

NATIONALDISASTER

MANAGEMENT OFFICE

FIJI POLICE

MIN. OF HEALTH

Data Custodians

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Data

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• Forests• Mining areas• Hotels• Supermarkets

• Sugar Farms• Infrastructure –

Utilities & Roads• Agriculture (LUC)

• Cultural Heritage Sites• Emergency Response• Building Footprints• Land Use Land Cover

Land Use

Boundaries

Biophysical

• Cadastral 2015• Land Tenures• Provinces• Old and New Districts

• Zoning/Schemes • Town Boundaries• Peri-Urban areas• Village boundaries

• Soils• Geology• Elevation

• Climate (Rainfall & Temp)• Hydrography

LAND USE

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6 Main Classes

Closed Native Forests

Open Native Forests

Mahogany Plantations

Pine Plantations

Coconuts

Mangroves

Forest Cover

Sugar Farms

Growers No; Sector No; Tenures

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LAND USE (cont..)BOREHOLES

113 Boreholes (MRD)Geothermal ExplorationSpecial Mining LicencesProspective Mining OperationsSites of Oil Exploration

TENEMENT

Licence Holder Licence NumberArea of tenement siteApproval & Expiry DatesLocality (District, Province)Status of the exploration

Source: Mineral Resources Department

LocalityDate (Month, Year)

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LAND USE (cont..)EDUCATION

812 Registered schools:658 Primary & 154 Secondary Schools

• Name of the School• Locality (District)• Student Roll• Teachers Roll• Sch_Reg No• Grade: ED1A or ED2B• Range: Year x – year y

• 1164 Cultural Heritage Sites (Fiji Museum)• Site’s name• Locality• Site Type (Fortification, Burial Ground, Cave)• Who recorded the site & date

Source: Min. of Education, Heritage and Arts

CULTURAL HERITAGE SITES

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LAND USE (cont..)

390 Registered Hotels• Name of hotel• Name of Licensees• No. of

Rooms/Dormitories/Bures/Units/Cottages/Villas

• Capacity & number of beds

Source: Dep. of Tourism & Fiji Tourism Board

• 90 Supermarkets

Major Supermarkets

Source: Lands Department

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LAND USE (cont..)

Source: Min. of Agriculture, Land Use Planning Section

Source: SPC - GSD

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Utilities – Water Authority of Fiji

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WAF Coverage• Dams• Reservoirs• Main Water Pipes• Main Sewer Lines

• Telecom Fiji Limited ( Cables, Ducts Network)• FEA : Power-Stations & HV - Lines

Source: WAF

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LAND USE (cont..)

81 Police Stations

162 Health Facilities

1910 Fire Hydrants

1850 Evacuation Centres

EMERGENCY RESPONSE

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ADMINISTRATIVE BOUNDARIES

• Cadastral Layer (GDBs)• Tenures

• Provinces• Old Districts• New Districts• Town Boundaries

LAND TENURES

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Prepared by Project Team based on DTCP’s Approved Zoning Schemes

Zoning Geodatabase & PDF outputs

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SOILS

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• Soil Series (1 -227)• Land Use

Capability (1 – 8)• Major Landforms

(12 classes)• Internal Drainage• Soil Moisture

Regime• Soil Temperature

Regime• Slope (8 classes)

Soil Temperature Regime

Separates soils of low lands & foothills from soils of up-lands. This differentiation reflects the change in soil temperature regimes (STR) at 600m altitude Isothermic STR above 600m & isohyperthemic STR below 600m

Landform Groups soils into major landform categories

Parent Materials Further differentiates soils on the basis of the parent material from which they develop

Soil Internal drainage Further subdivides soils on the basis of internal drainage classes

Soil Moisture Regime

And a final differentiation is made on the soil moisture regime under which they form: aquic, udic, perudic, ustic

Source: Min. of Agriculture, Land Use Planning Section

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Source: MRD

Viti Levu & Vanua Levu Geology

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Temperature & Rainfall

30 Year

baseline(1981-2010

Source: Fiji Met Services & NIWA, NZ

ELEVATION & HYDROLOGY

22Watershed Modelling

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State Land _Distribution of Arrears

DISTRIBUTION OF SQUATTERS ON STATE LAND

LEASE ARREARSWESTERN

Distribution of Informal Settlements-Access to main roads, schools-Access to major towns/cities

PROTO TYPESugar –Sector No & Grower No.

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Search by Lot & Plan Numbers[3 Parcels under DP10020]

Measure distances & areas

Zooming around Sugar Parcels under Native Lease

Search by • Road• District• Town

Boundary• Peri-

Urban Boundary Conservation Forests/Protected Areas

Preliminary search: Manually can take days/weeks• Zoning

restrictions• Tenures• Distances to

similar businesses

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Challenges

• Data sharing – undertaking spatial analysis on certain data is limited (confidential) thus some important information may remain inaccessible.

• Delays in receiving data• Delays in cleaning in-housed data • Procurement process can take months

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Phase Two

• Suitability Mapping• Upgrade of Vanua-GIS application to

smart phones/gadgets• 3D modelling of key government office

buildings

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National Land Register

• Project focuses on registering and integrating all surveyed land information in Fiji.

• Search by Titles, then proceed to register information on tenures, leases, boundary definitions, area, land valuation and land ownership.

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Integrated – Fiji Land Information Systems

SurveyPlan Valuation

CrownLeaseRental

CadastralTopo/Aerial

Imagery

ITLC/VKB

Integrated Databases

Titles

Land Register

Data Utilisation by Stakeholder forEfficient use of Land

Internal

External

NativeLeases to

State

Fore-Shore

RoadIndex Data Verification

& Field Check

State Land Register

(State Land GIS)

Geodetic

CG/NGRegister

ITLTB

TCP& Other

FGIC Members

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Land register update

State Lease - 19,735 leasesFreehold Leases – 42,792 Certificate of Titles iTaukei Leases – 38,000 Native Leases

How many have been registered?State – 100%Freehold – 100%Native – 8% *

* (awaiting MOU with iTLTB)

Thank you.