Unmanned Aerial System Imagery, Land Data and User Needs: A Socio-Technical Assessment in Rwanda : its4land

The dataset includes spatial as well as qualitative data of a socio-technical study in Rwanda, aiming to determine the match between stakeholders’ needs and the characteristics of the UAS data acquisition workflow and its final products as valuable spatial data for land administration and spatial planning. A needs assessment enabled the expression of a range of land information needs across multiple levels and stakeholder sectors. Next to the social study, three different UAS were flown to test not only the quality of data but the possibilities of the use of this technology within the current institutional environment. The research concludes that UAS can have a significant contribution to match most of the prioritized needs in Rwanda. However, the results also reveal that structural and capacity conditions currently undermine this potential. Paper: Stöcker, C.; Ho, S.; Nkerabigwi, P.; Schmidt, C.; Koeva, M.; Bennett, R.; Zevenbergen, J. Unmanned Aerial System Imagery, Land Data and User Needs: A Socio-Technical Assessment in Rwanda. Remote Sens. 2019, 11, 1035.https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/11/9/1035

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles; UAV, land administration; high resolution imagery; needs assessment; NGT method