Land, survey and GIS notes you can act on
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The building must sit where the approved drawings say. What the owner, architect, engineer and contractor must have — and how setting out and as-built hold the site to that paper.
The building must sit where the approved drawings say. What the owner, architect, engineer and contractor must have — and how setting out and as-built hold the site to that paper.
A flat on a sub-lease is not a unit on its own register. What the client must have, and how a licensed surveyor prepares the sectional plan the Sectional Properties Act requires.
You cannot sell a piece off one title. Agricultural general-boundary land goes through land control consent, mutation and titles after survey. Municipal fixed-boundary land needs cadastral plans.
You need a licensed surveyor when the paper, the ground or the building is about to cost you money — not because you live near Thika.
A RIM and a sketch are not a site. What a topographic survey actually gives the design — and why it is not a title survey or planning permission.
Unless the register says the boundaries are fixed, the map is only approximate. Beacons, occupation and the Survey Act — not the seller’s fence.
A title is not the ground. Kenyan law splits registered rights from cadastral place — and planning permission is a third question. What to check before money moves.
A Kenya-focused guide to drone mapping: legal flying, photogrammetry vs LiDAR, GCPs, open stacks like OpenDroneMap and QGIS, and commercial tools when they earn their place.
A Kenya-focused guide to government and smart-county GIS: PostGIS/QGIS/web maps first, cloud hosting that survives turnover, when Esri still fits, and RFPs that demand open data exit.
A Kenya-focused guide to environmental monitoring: open Sentinel/Landsat and Digital Earth Africa, Earth Engine and open pipelines, when to buy VHR, and building PostGIS-backed monitoring—not one-off maps.
A Kenya-focused look at GIS: why open-source stacks and cloud-centric analysis lead, how commercial vendors still fit, and what counties and project teams should prioritise.
A Kenya-focused guide to precision land surveying: control networks, GNSS and total stations, vendor choices, open office workflows with QGIS/PostGIS, and QC clients can trust.