Evaluation of largis application in planning, acquisition and maintenance of utility servitudes : an Eskom case study.
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2016
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Abstract
GIS has been used for quite some time by utility organisations while the demands for
their services by the public have also increased exponentially. This has prompted many
utility organisations to constantly review their systems in operation for any potential
problems associated with their use in order to propose possible and suitable
improvements necessary to maximize their production.
This study evaluates the performance of Land and Rights Geographic Information
System (LARGIS), a GIS based information management system employed by Eskom to
manage its servitudes’ land rights information. LARGIS has been analysed in terms of
its application to planning, acquisition, registration and maintenance of servitudes land
rights information.
Information on LARGIS was collected using a questionnaire administered to Eskom
personnel that work with the system while interviews were used to obtain more
information not obtainable from the questionnaire. Obtained information was analysed
using a relational matrix of data sets and processes in order to identify subsystems
making up LARGIS. Information flows and processes in each of the subsystems were
then analysed using Data Flow Diagrams (DFD) supported by associated Data
Dictionary (DD) so as to identify possible shortcomings in information flows and
information processing. The information collected was also used to identify
institutional, legal, economic and additional technical shortcomings.
The study revealed that LARGIS had made a positive impact on the way Eskom
previously managed its servitudes by using a single system to plan, acquire, register
and maintain land rights associated with servitudes. However, the study also identified
shortcomings for which recommendation have been proposed so as to make LARGIS
much more responsive to Eskom`s demands for servitudes land rights information
management.
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Master of Science in Land Surveying. University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban 2016.
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Land And Rights Geographic Information System., LAGRIS., Land management rights., Land administration rights.