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  • Ogun deploys CORS to enhance land administration

    As part of its efforts to ensure that land administration meets global standard and enhance the economic value of the state, the Ogun State Government has set up three Continuously Operating Reference Stations (CORS) in Abeokuta, Ijebu-Ode and Agbara areas of the state. The CORS is a multipurpose, automated, global positioning system (GPS) based equipment, which forms an essential tool for the Geographical Information System (GIS) used by governments, scientists, surveyors, construction companies and other professionals.

    The Director-General for Bureau of Lands and Survey, Mr. Adewale Oshinowo, who made this known earlier in the week, explained that the facilities are the reason for the enormous contribution to the development of various land reforms in the state.

    According to Oshinowo, CORS is capable of receiving information continuously without any interference, adding that the three stations out of seven proposed for effective coverage, had internet connection making them visible globally. CORS, he further explained, beam across over 70 kilometers radius, each with an overlap to produce corrections and give accurate location of boundaries.

    “The CORS in Ogun State is the backbone of GIS, which has made survey easy and is being used to capture, store, analyse, share, manage and display all types of spatial and attributes data in the bureau. It has helped to centrally manage land, supported the digitalisation of Certificate of Occupancy production as against the manual process, and helped in the quick determination of water level and its position in effective management of flood,” he explained.

    Extolling the capabilities of the CORS, Oshinowo emphasised that the system addresses issues such as the distribution, archiving, quality control of the data that it collects and records GPS observation data all the time. Through the use of CORS, the agricultural sector and land use, the DG explained, could be analysed for proper management.

  • Ogun to launch CORS station network

    Ogun to launch CORS station network

    The Ogun State government has acquired the Continuously Operation Reference System (CORS) station network to ensure easy land administration, access to land as well as meet the global standards for land processing.

    It is believed that the acquisition of this technology will help in monitoring lands in the state, thereby preventing fraud in land matters.

    Also acquired is a very high resolution satellite imagery, which has been installed in high development areas of the state.

    The Special Adviser/Director General of the Bureau of Lands, Mr. Adewale Oshinowo, explained that equipment, such as 3D Stereo and 50 Cm Imagery have also been installed in Lagos-Ogun border areas, just as towns, such as Abeokuta, Ifo, Ijebu-Ode, Ilaro-Ofada areas and Sagamu have benefited from the scheme.

    He said the equipment would allow surveyors, government agencies and the general public to have access to data through radio satellites and Direct Global Positioning System (DGPS).

    “This would produce high accuracy maps of the state and Global Positioning System (GPS) navigation projects. The development of the CORS Station network would be commissioned by November this year,” Oshinowo said.

    The Bureau’s Information Officer, Mr. Ademola Orunbon said the CORS stations were already built in Abeokuta, Sagamu, Ijebu-Ode and Agbara, while other CORS stations would be completed during the second phase of the project so as to ensure 100 per cent coverage of the entire state.

     

    He expressed optimism that the ultra-high resolution auto-rectified satellite imagery in the towns would boost the economic interest of investors who intend to acquire land for businesses, pointing out that regular acquisitions of satellite imagery of aerial photo using Unattended Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) to update the Ogun State base map would be guaranteed.

    Orunbon noted that the network of three CORS stations, which ensures higher precision and faster surveys, was first of its kind in the country, adding that its database backup and disaster recovery systems would ensure that business processes are not severely impacted and resume in the minimum time possible in the event of any disaster.

  • Ogun acquires equipment

    To ensure efficient land administration, the Ogun State Government through the Bureau of Lands and Survey has acquired the Continuously Operation Reference System (CORS) network, Director-General of the bureau, Adewale Oshinowo has said.

    Oshinowo, at an interactive session with reporters in Abeokuta, said the state has acquired Very High Resolution Satellite Imagery installed on high development areas of the state.

    The equipment, like 3D Stereo and 50 Cm Imagery, he said, was installed on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Lagos-Ogun border areas, Abeokuta, Ifo, Ijebu Ode, Ilaro, Ilaro-Ofada road, Ode-Omi and Sagamu.

    The equipment, he said, would allow surveyors, government agencies and the public have access to data through Radio Satellites, Direct Global Positioning System (DGPS) and the internet, adding that it would help to produce high accuracy maps and Global Positioning System (GPS) navigation projects.

    The project is expected to be inaugurated by the end of November.

    The CORS project stations, he said, had been built in Abeokuta, Agbara and Ijebu-Ode, adding that four other stations would be deployed during the Phase II in ensure 100 per cent coverage of the state.

  • Lands Bureau to launch operative network

    Lands Bureau to launch operative network

    The Ogun State Bureau of Lands and Survey will launch its continuity operative system (CORS) network soon.

    Measures to ensure the efficient administration, management and allocation of lands and related matters have been put in place.

    The Director-General of the Bureau, Mrs Ronke Shokefun, made this known to reporters during an interactive session in Abeokuta. She said four CORS stations would be launched before August to enable government to determine where to locate its infrastructure.

    She added that this would help address boundary disputes between Ogun and her neighbours, reduce loss of territory and generate more funds.

    She said the equipment had arrived at the port, adding that  this would allow surveyors, government agencies and the general public have access to data through radio satellite, GRPS and the internet.

    The Bureau, she said, has embarked on the computerisation of its registry documents in a digital archive as well as developing a modern Geographical Information System (GIS).

    The director-general said GIS would capture, store, analyse, share, manage and display all types of geographical data and automate the work flow processes within the Bureau.

    She said: “The goal of the GIS and Land Management System (LAMS) is to ensure that land administration in Ogun State meets the acceptable global standards and help government to enforce judicious use of its land as well ensure full compliance with its various land policies and building regulations.”

    Other benefits of the new measures, she said, include eradication of double allocation of land, easy processing of title documents and preventing loss of land to other states and the Benin Republic through clear and unambiguous demarcations.

    Shokefun stressed that accuracy of surveying measurements, faster searches for property titles, online search facilities and increased revenue are other advantages derivable from the innovations.

    She advised corporate organisation and individuals to always patronise the Bureau in order to get genuine allocation of land.