A digital identification system for Land, Roads and Buildings

S. Vijayakrishnan

Mission
To bring all land ownership records into one unified digital platform that is transparent, easily
accessible and provides for accurate record and transfer of land ownership in a smooth manner.

As a prerequisite, it envisages creating a national record of all roads (public, private) also in digitized
form so that all access to plots of land and buildings are also clear and easily defined.

A system of identifying buildings is also envisaged that provides for a nationally uniform address
system.
Basic system

The proposed system uses a polygon to define roads and plots. It does that with the set of co-
ordinates (latitude, longitude) that forms the corners of the polygon. The latitude / longitude
coordinates are used with a decimal accuracy that defines a minimum linear accuracy (say, 1 meter).

Roads
The set of coordinates are selected to define each section of connected roads as distinct segments
with a Road Identifier Number (RIN). A database connects the RIN numbers with the set of
coordinates that define it.

132 142
122
162 152
2 172
1 3
2
2

102 4
112 2

9
2 5
2
8
2

6
7
2
2
For example the two roads is sketch above would be defined as :
RIN-1234 - [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11)

RIN-1235 - [2,12,13,14,15,16,17,3)

Each of the coordinates 1, 2,….would be a set of two figures , latitude and longitude as , for example
[13.052415, 80,245922]. Four of these coordinates ( two adjacent ones each) would be identified
and will define the entry/exit segments.

Plots of land

Plots of land are also defined as a polygon in the same way roads are defined. A Plot Identification
Number(PIN) is also defined by a set of coordinates at the ends of the line segments forming the
boundaries of the plot.

PIN-3678 - [1,2,3,4,5,6] - [M]- [A1,A2]

A plot may have additional access points such as A1, A2 etc. that open to another road, RIN-1497
Building

Buildings are numbered sequentially, say from the entry to exit along one side and then from exit to
entry along the other side.
In the above examples RIN-1234 has buildings B1 to B4 on one side and B5 to B7 on the other side;
for RIN-1235, B1 and B2 on one side and B3 on the other side.
A building identifier could be

BIN-1234-B4- [1,2,3,4,5,6] - [M]- [A1,A2]

Building Units

Each building can have multiple floors and multiple doors in each floor to individual units, numbered
1,2…

For example, B3-0-1 is the unit 1 on ground floor of building B3 and B4-4-16 is unit 16 on 4 th floor of
building B4

Unit Address

With the above a unit address can be given, for example, as

PIN-3678
M

6
4

A2

5 A1

Plot 3678 – defined by points 1 to 6 with main access M on road 1367 and auxiliary access A1 and A2
on road 1497

2
2
3 1
3
2
PIN-6732
1
1

M1
1 PIN-6787
4
6 5 3 4
M2
1
4
5

Plot 3678 split into two plots 6732 (blue points 1 to 4 with main access M1 on road 1367) and 6787
(red points 1 to 5 with main access M2 on road 1497)
 2

1
PIN-4247

3
M3
1

Plot 4247 (yellow points 1 to 4 with main access M3 on road 1497) lying next to plot 6787 and
sharing one boundry

3
1
2

PIN-8902

4
6 M2
1

Plot 8902 (green points 1 to 6 with main access M2 on road 1497) formed by merging plots 6787
and 4247.
LAND OWNERSHIP RECORD
PIN-3678
Parent PIN PIN-1256
Status Active
Created 20-07-1975
Closed (on Split/Merge)
Current owner Aadhar AAAPQ2456T
Full name A. Citizen
Address 25, ABC, XYZ Road, New Delhi -110001
Telephone
Email
Plot identification Corners (clockwise) (1) 18.014545-74.321674
(2) 18.143234-75.342342
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
Main access (M) 18.223123-74.568845
Other accesses (A1) 18.423423-76.234342
(A2) 18.342342-75.342342
Public access (M located on) RIN-1367
State 14-Kerala
District 11-Ernakulam
Taluk 04-Aluva
Area Sq. m 210.8
Tax Amount, INR 2310
Last year paid 2020
Outstanding due 0
Next due on 15-08-2021
Encumbrances

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