Abstract:
In the past two decades a huge effort has been given to the land administration sector and
many goals have already been achieved through first-stage rural land registration and
certification in Ethiopia. However, the first-stage certification had limitations with respect to
the maintenance and updating of land registration records. Therefore, the government of
Ethiopia is committed to undertake the systematic 2nd level certification of all rural land.
From the several different methods of land surveying that have been tested the use of
orthophotos/images has been found as the most suitable method for mass-scale 2nd level
certification of rural land in Ethiopia. Ortho-rectified aerial photography or satellite imagery
can be a useful tool in the demarcation and digitization of land boundaries. However, it is
rarely sufficient in its own right regarding shadows from trees, houses and clouds which can
make it difficult to see details and other surveying methods must be augmented. The principle
objective of the study is to assess the use and applicability of orthoimages base procedures for
parcel boundary surveying and mapping in order to achieving a maximum efficiency of parcel
map production. The methodology is described in terms of per-fieldwork, fieldwork, and postfieldwork
considerations. One of the significant observations of the study is a suitable, flexible,
and reliable technical procedure certainly significant. It was revealed that 72% of the
respondents replied that the procedures to produce field maps were tedious and unsuitable.
The comparisons shows that 39% from (0.01-0.09)ha and 46% from (0.10-0.25)ha. can be
derived with a difference in terms of area respectively. Despite the fact that some tape and
hand held GPS measurements and scaling on field maps has augmented due to the invisible
boundaries in the field map and in the ground. From the above findings it’s clear that that
institutional strength needs an emphasis in terms of technical and operational efficiencies of
rural cadastral mapping in order to achieve efficient parcel map production. Eventually, there
needs to be a comprehensive handover and maintenance of cadastral dataset at Woreda,
zonal and regional level.