Brazilian Agriculture Ministry Implements Intergraph Land Information Management Solutions to Support Land Reform

New Rural Information System uses GeoMedia technology to manage and distribute 600,000 settlements

HUNTSVILLE, Ala., March 25, 2003 - The Brazilian Institute of Settlement and Agrarian Reform (INCRA) has selected Intergraph's land information management solutions as the foundation of a new system to support land access democratization for the country. The system allows the Brazilian government to overcome previous technology and geographic obstacles for quick identification and distribution of land suitable for settlement by the people of Brazil. A division of the Brazilian Agriculture Ministry, INCRA, with the support of SERPRO, a governmental IT services provider, and SISGRAPH LTDA., Intergraph's exclusive Latin American distributor, designed, developed, and implemented the SIR - Sistema de Informacoes Rurais (Rural Information System) - based on GeoMedia(R) desktop and Web technology.

The system was built as a multipurpose cadastre database incorporating data, including ownership records, parcel boundaries, soil types, and declivity integrated with remote sensing technology. The comprehensive system provides functionality for the initial assessment of an area's agricultural potential and identification of suitability for settlement. Integrated capabilities are also included to define new parcels and record property certificates.

The SIR system further improves efficiency by providing interactive access for multiple departments within the country. Departments across the nation have access via the Web to the latest up-to-date information, allowing them to provide a higher quality of customer service. The INCRA's twenty-six state branches access SIR to perform local daily tasks, such as inputting and validating tabular and graphic data, issuing property certificates, and updating land information. In addition, more than 300 municipalities currently use the system to verify information for landowners requesting public loans.

Implementing a spatial corporate database with live links to geographically dispersed departments and automated real-time workflows has enabled INCRA to eliminate redundancy and improve accuracy of their land data. Edaldo Gomes, project manager of INCRA, commented on the benefits that the agency has realized. "Our former process was very time consuming and could cause mistakes. SIR has allowed us to increase the number of land certificates we issue in a reduced amount of time. Real-time data updates are also providing huge time savings. As soon as information has been included in the system, it is available for users to perform analysis such as land utilization percentage, type of culture in specific areas, and parcel evolution over time."

In managing land settlements for Brazil, the world's fifth largest country in terms of land area, INCRA needed reliable, state-of-the-art technology that could handle the large amounts of geospatial and asset data associated with Brazil's 600,000 settlements. INCRA chose Intergraph's GeoMedia, GeoMedia Professional, GeoMedia WebMap, GeoMedia WebMap Professional, and MFWorks because of the software's proven ability to integrate and manage disparate data across the enterprise as well as the expertise of SISGRAPH's technical team.

INCRA 

INCRA, the Brazilian Institute of Colonization and Agrarian Reform, was founded in 1970. With more than 4,000 employees, its headquarters is located in Brasilia. INCRA has branches in 26 other Brazilian states and is responsible for managing 3.3 million square miles of land, an area equivalent to 85% of the entire United States. Its mission is to identify suitable areas for settlements and generate official registers, creating opportunities for full citizenship for the entire rural population.

Intergraph Mapping and Geospatial Solutions 

Intergraph Mapping and Geospatial Solutions is a leading geospatial solutions provider for the following markets: local, state, and federal government; transportation; utilities; communications; location-based services; photogrammetry; remote sensing; cartography; and military and intelligence. 

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