COPA: a GIS-based tool for land consolidation projects

Authors:
Juan Touriño;Francisco F. Rivera;Carlos Alvarez;César M. Dans;Jorge Parapar;Ramón Doallo;Marcos Boullón;Javier D. Bruguera;Rafael Crecente;Xesús P. González
Affiliations:
University of A Coruña, A Coruña, Spain;University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago, Spain;University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago, Spain;Dept. of Electronics and Systems;Dept. of Electronics and Systems;Dept. of Electronics and Systems;Dept. of Electronics and Computer Science;Dept. of Electronics and Computer Science;Dept. of Agricultural and Forestry Engineering;Dept. of Agricultural and Forestry Engineering
Venue:
Proceedings of the 9th ACM international symposium on Advances in geographic information systems
Year:
2001

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Abstract

COPA (which means "COncentración PArcelaria", the Spanish term of "land consolidation") is an experimental tool integrated into a GIS environment to aid rural engineers to develop land consolidation projects. The system supports several tasks implemented as heuristic processes based on experts' experiences. The tool includes automated generation of nearly optimal parcel reallocations and an environment to refine and evaluate the proposed solutions. It also provides an integrated framework to manage spatial and administrative consolidation information that can be accessed via the web. As a whole, COPA is a powerful tool for decision making that dramatically reduces time and cost of land consolidation plans. This paper outlines the COPA application domain, components and functionalities, as well as our first experiences of its use in a pilot consolidation area.