Low-cost solution for registration and identification of rural properties: technical and financial feasibility analysis

Abstract

The private property present great importance in the life of people in a society, in this manner it becomes important to know the characteristics and limitations that they present in order to ensure the organization and respect of the laws. With this, the difficulties and inconsistencies in the process of registration of properties currently used, mainly in the rustic context of Portugal are presented. Also, the issues and the high bureaucracy for the identification and collection of property data is also discussed. The objective of the work is to develop a low-cost solution to solve the problems of registration and identification of properties. For this, it was opted for the development of a mobile application, since the devices currently present technologies such as GPS and Camera, that if compared with specific equipment, present a great difference of cost. In addition, the paper also proposes a business model that aims to ensure the commercial viability of the solution. For the development of the solution, it was decided to use current technologies such as Ionic and Apache Cordova that aim at friendly user experience and also enable cross-platform. In addition, it was also developed a web server and its communication between application and database. Finally, it is concluded that the work done in this dissertation proves the viability of creating a solution that fulfills the defined requirements. It presents a viable business model and presents a tool that can geographically demarcate in order to maintain a persistent and accurate record. Besides, it presents the results of the record in a simple way for different types of users.