The Beirut Built Environment Database is a platform gathering geolocalised social, environmental, and economic information on building activity in the Greater Beirut Area.

• cities
• landlord
• land

• Civic data
• Civic maps

A combined tech and journalistic effort to map the Makoko informal settlement

• Clean water and sanitation
• land
• informal settlements

• Smart Cities and sensors
• Narrative tech
• Civic maps

Use the LOVELAND Next App to survey properties or look up property information while you're on the go!

• apps
• land

• Urban planning

[C]ivil servants at the provincial Ministry of Consumer and Commercial Relations led a groundbreaking effort to form a public–private partnership to convert millions of property records—both from paper to digital and in some cases from a deeds system to titles—and create the world’s first electronic land registration system

• land

• Predecessors

Open Data for indicators and information regarding Colombian land and territory.

• land

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Open data publishing platforms

Dominion makes data available to help add context and authority to public discourse and policy-making on vital issues of land ownership.

• land
• Climate action

• Data visualization
• Open civic data

We develop software, and provide services, to help Municipal Governments do more with less.

• land

• Govtech
• Govtech vendors

In 2001, registering or transferring land in Jamaica was an uphill battle. Four separate departments handled different aspects of land administration, leading to weak coordination and delay. Even straightforward transactions dragged on for weeks, simply getting information was a struggle, and fraud was commonplace. In April of that year, Jamaica established the National Land Agency, charged with merging the four departments, speeding up services, and improving their quality. As the new agency’s CEO, Elizabeth Stair led a team of managers that had to oversee the consolidation, design systems to prevent fraud, improve performance, and implement new procedures and technologies to increase speed and transparency. During its first decade and a half of operation, the National Land Agency significantly reduced processing times and won acclaim for its customer service and innovative use of technology. Despite these successes, there was still room to improve land tenure security. Stiff documentation requirements, high costs, and limited awareness of the process meant that registration and related services remained out of reach for many Jamaicans.

• land

• The Tech
• Govtech

OpenCounter builds tools to help applicants understand the costs and requirements of their projects—before they start pulling permits.

• land
• permits

• Govtech
• Bureaucracy tech
• Govtech vendors