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Overview
The Plan is accompanied by a state of art portfolio of spatial data:

The aerial photography covers almost the whole of Rwanda, about 26, 338 sqKm,
with low altitude digital aerial photography. Given the difficulties with permission to
fly over the border to nearby countries and the extremely difficult weather
conditions, satellite imagery will be used to cover the remaining 4% excluding Lake
Kivu south west and is about 400 sqKm and borders to DRC.

Figure 1 Aerial Photo

Coordinate System
Projected Coordinate System: WGS 84 TM Rwanda
Projection: Transverse_Mercator
False_Easting: 500000.00000000
False_Northing: 5000000.00000000
Central_Meridian: 30.00000000
Scale_Factor: 0.99990000
Latitude_Of_Origin: 0.00000000
Digital orthophoto images with a resolution of 0.25 meters using the photographs
Linear Unit: Meter
have been produced based on the aerial photos and satellite imagery. The high
Geographic Coordinate System: GCS_WGS_1984
resolution orthophotos are being very instrumental in the National Land Registration
Datum: D_WGS_1984
Project.
Prime Meridian: Greenwich
Angular Unit: Degree
In addition, the images are being used to produce a nationwide coverage of Base
Maps at 1:50 000, covering the entire country that be used for many purposes. For
Figur 3 Index map of othophotos
example, the Base Map will very useful when the next generation of District
Development Plans will be prepared.

Figur 2 Seamless coverage of the Base Map can be supplied

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Proposed Standards for Map Scales Accompanying Planning Instruments

Type of Information Product Purpose Hard Copy Scale

Type of Plan Reports Displays/Single Prints

LAND USE PLANS

National Land Use and
Development Master Plan
STUDA
Policy and guiding plan. 1:1,000,000 1:250,000 (A0)
Conditional for other sector (A4)
national plans and subordinate
land use plans as regard to
Areas and Hubs of National
Interest (AHNI)

(Integrated) District Policy and guiding plan for 1:250,000 1:50,000 (A1)
Development Plan district development with (A4)
proposals for development of
urban and rural areas.

‘Urban Development Plan’ Policy and guiding plan or 1:50,000 1:10,000(A?)

zoning/conditional for (A4)?
development of gazetted
urban areas

UDP

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‘Action Area Plan’ Detailed and binding directives 1:2,000 -1:1,000

for designated urban/built-up
areas pointed out in the Urban
Development Plan or as
AAP Projects with major land use
impact in the District
Development Plan. Zoned and
strictly conditional.

(Graph here) Cadastre Property identification. Strictly 1:500?

conditional.

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