There is a lot of data out there, but which data do users need to solve their issues? How can we, as an external body, know which data is vital so we can measure it?  Moreover, what to do when data is published in so many levels – local, regional and federal that it is...Read More

In advanced industrial countries we take much infrastructure for granted, such as cadastres with plots mapped at survey grade. In many countries, however, more than 70% of the land is outside the land register. Most people among the world’s poor do not have any official record at all of their land rights. This facilitates mass...Read More

Are you tech savvy and interested in gaining experience in the open source movement? Apply for Cadasta Foundation’s 12-week paid internship. Cadasta is a global network of tech and land rights experts who put their skills to work to make the world a better place. Learn more about our work. Join us. What is Outreachy?...Read More

Dozens of the world’s experts on land and open data participated in an on-line discussion aimed at raising awareness of the relationship between open data and land governance, exploring the the links between transparency and poverty alleviation and food security in September 2016. The Cadasta Foundation and the LandPortal Foundation, which facilitated the discussion, have...Read More

One of the biggest challenges in identifying the potential benefits of open cadastral and land registry data stems from the fact that there are very few instances of local and national governments making these datasets freely available in a machine-readable format to download and reuse. Therefore, we were thrilled to discover that earlier this year,...Read More