LUPMIS - GIS User Manual for Land Use Planning
Main menu:
- Home Page
- 0. Rationale
- 1. GIS handling
- 2. GIS data entry
- 2.1 Create new layer
- 2.2 Digitize line
- 2.3 Digitize point
- 2.4 Digitize polygon
- 2.5 Edit existing layer
- 2.6 Delete feature
- 2.7 Split line
- 2.8 Split polygon
- 2.9 Merge lines from different layers
- 2.10 Unite lines
- 2.11 Snap lines
- 2.12 Join polygons
- 2.13 Extend polygon
- 2.14 Insert island
- 2.15 Define unit surrounding islands
- 2.16 Create 'doughnut'
- 2.17 Fill 'doughnut' polygon
- 2.18 Fill polygon with 'holes'
- 2.19 Digitize parcels from sector layout
- 3. GIS operations
- 3.1 Create buffer
- 3.2 Create exclusion zone
- 3.3 Overlay units
- 3.4 Convert line to polygon
- 3.5 Derive statistics (area size, length)
- 3.6 Clip unit according to other unit
- 3.7 Create geographic grid
- 3.8 Move entire vector map
- 3.9 Move or copy individual features on a map
- 3.10 Adjust polygon to line
- 3.11 Convert points to polygon
- 3.12 Define by distance
- 4. Attribute database
- 4.1 Start with database
- 4.2 Import database
- 4.3 Display database information
- 4.3 Retrieve database information
- 4.4 Enter attribute data
- 4.5 Edit attribute data
- 4.6 Seeds
- 4.7 Repair attribute data
- 4.8 Merge lines with attached database
- 4.9 Transfer attribute data from points to polygons
- 4.10 Export and import styles and labels
- 4.11 Select and display
- 4.12 Copy data: DRA, DBF
- 5. Conversion of data
- 5.1 Points
- 5.1.1 Import list of points from text file
- 5.1.2 Import list of points from Excel file
- 5.1.3 Convert point coordinates between projections
- 5.1.4 Convert point coordinates from Ghana War Office (feet)
- 5.1.5 Convert point coordinates from Ghana Clark 1880 (feet)
- 5.1.6 Track with GPS
- 5.1.7 Download GPS track from Garmin
- 5.1.8 Download GPS track from PDA
- 5.2 Vector maps
- 5.3 Raster maps
- 5.4 Communication with other GIS programs
- 5.1 Points
- 6. Presentation
- 7. GIS for land use planning
- 8. Database
- Annexes
- A1. Map Maker setup
- A2. Background to cartography and raster images
- A3. Glosssary
- A4. Troubleshooting
- A5. Styles
- A6. Classification for land use mapping and planning
- A7. GIS utilities
- A8. Map projection parameters
- A9. Maps in pilot areas
- A10.Standards
- A11. LUPMIS distribution CD
- A12. Garmin GPS
- A13. Training
- A14. ArcView
- A15. Population statistics
- A16. Entry and display of survey data
- A17. External exercises
- A18. MS Access
- A19. Paper sizes
- A20. Site map and references
0. Rationale
LUPMIS is the Land Use Planning and Management Information System, established by the Land Use Planning and Management Project (LUPMP) at the Town and Country Planning Department (TCPD) of the Government of Ghana, under the umbrella of the Land Administration Project.
Target is the introduction and support of IT technologies into the newly introduced planning schemes for urban planning in Ghana. LUPMIS will work primarily as a decision-support tool for planning and decision making.
Criteria for its development were:
- Efficiency
- Sustainability
- Appropriateness in its technology
- Simplicity and ease of use
- Compatibility with other databases
Currently, the system is installed in few pilot communities in Ghana, with the goal of nationwide coverage in a few years time.
This GIS User Manual is addressed to users, both land use planners and GIS staff to perform all tasks of land use planning, as far as it can be performed with GIS. It is exclusively for training of staff related to TCPD / LUPMP. Being a draft, it will be updated frequently. The official document resides on the Land Administration Project's website. As a training manual, it is based on needs for land use planning in Ghana and on experiences of many months training of future GIS staff and land use planners.
LUPMIS-GIS runs with the GIS software Map Maker. No complex customization or expensive software development is necessary. All aspects of technology transfer, i.e. control of the system by in-house human resources, are assured. Capacity building is seen as the key to development, including - and here in particular - in the field of ICT.
Disclaimer: Any reference to this Manual or quote of requires prior approval of the Project (see contact email address below). The Project is not taking any responsibility or guarantee for functionality of explained processes and models, and external links. The original design ('concept') can be viewed at a separate website.
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