Geomapping and Digitization of Cadastre Maps using GIS Tools, and Selective Earth Truthing of Mineral Titles in KP

Abstract

The mineral resources of Pakistan are in vast quantities as compared to most countries of the world. But this fact itself has not led our economy towards any growth due to insufficient capital and infrastructure to convert the raw mineral into finished material. For this we require foreign investments and in order to ensure that we must have a transparent digital mining cadastre system which will attract foreign mining companies to Pakistan and set up their exploration sites. This system needs the datum to match WGS84 so that uniformity can be achieved. This project undertaken by SAGE, MCE will make our cadastre system compatible with the rest of the world.