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b y J o h n S t e n m a r k uwait's land management department, Kuwait Municipality (KM), is always one boundary survey is seldom as easy as setting monuments at the corners and walking away. In the high- development areas of Kuwait, existing buildings tend to complicate boundary work in two ways: by obstructing GNSS reception during stakeout of an adjoining parcel and more seriously by encroaching boundary lines. Encroaching features delay new development and can have costly consequences for parties on both sides of the property line. "Often there are parcels attached to buildings from one, two or three sides," says, Ahmed Elesawy of Vision International, a software solution company, "KM wants to check if the How Kuwait reduces property encroachments using geospatial technology. K T h e c o n n e c t i v i t y a l l o w e d b y A c c e s s a n d t h e q u a l i t y a s s u r a n c e p r o v i d e d b y t h e R P V e l i m i n a t e s p a p e r w o r k q u i c k e n s s u r v e y d a t a t r a n s f e r a n d a u t o m a t e s q u a l i t y c o n t r o l . E S T A B L I S H I N G L A N D B O U N D A R I E S I N T H E M I D D L E E A S T I N D U S T R Y About Author John Stenmark Writer and Consultant Email - john@stenmark.us A survey crew initializes a survey using Trimble Access to combine measurements from GNSS and a total station. The technique enables them to work directly in the Kuwait coordinate framework. step ahead when it comes to efficiency. The department requires all landowners to have their boundaries surveyed and marked before development, which has been critical, especially with its rapid growth and buildings seemingly shooting up overnight, to stay one step ahead of landowners, KM needs to ensure site improvements remain within their defined territory. Thanks to a new integrated software solution, this lengthy process of boundary work has been expedited. G I S R E S O U R C E S | M A R C H 2 0 2 1 1 7 Boundary Simplification As surveyors know, performing a

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