Langezijds

dr. M.C. Chipofya (Malumbo)

Assistant Professor
ITC-TEMP-STAFF
Langezijds 1434
m.c.chipofya@utwente.nl
+31534894760
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I am Assistant Professor of Land Informatics within the Department of Urban and Regional Planning and Geo-Information Management. My work has previously focused on application of Qualitative Spatial Knowledge Representation and Reasoning to spatial map alignment (the discovery of correspondences between a pair of maps); modeling customary and other non-statutory land tenure systems (as contrasted with modern legal land tenure categories); and Computer Vision methods for semantic sketch understanding (this is applied in the context of sketch based land tenure mapping).

My current interests in terms of both research and application include design and implementation of information systems to support customary land tenure information management; and distributed and decentralized systems in geographic information acquisition, distribution, and management.

Technically my work involves the application of methods from Graph matching, Knowledge representation including ontology modeling with owl and logic programming with ASP, foundational computer vision techniques, and I am now increasingly employing tools from the distributed and decentralized systems domain (hashtable based data distribution techniques, consensus models and algorithms, network structures and data routing).

Expertise

  • Earth and Planetary Sciences

    • Land
    • Land Right
    • Tool
    • Cartography
    • Purpose

  • Social Sciences

    • Land Tenure

  • Computer Science

    • Models
    • Application

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Publications

2026

Land tenure and land use dynamics in the context of pastoral and non-pastoral land use coexistence in Mvomero district, Tanzania (2026)Applied geography, 186. Article 103827. Tarimo, W. M., Chipofya, M. & Zevenbergen, J.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeog.2025.103827

2025

Bringing the Land Administration Domain Model to the classroom: A ‘For Dummies’-style introduction to LADM (2025)GIM International, 39, 16-19. Geomares. Chipofya, M., Da Silva Mano, A., Kara, A. & Lemmen, C. H. J.https://www.gim-international.com/magazines/gim-issue-5-2025Machine learning for semi-automated land parcel plotting (2025)In Advances in Geoinformation Sciences: Conference proceedings (pp. 95-111) (Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography). Springer. Kurniawan, M. G., Chipofya, M. & Todorovski, D.https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-86654-8_8LADM in the Classroom (2025)[Book/Report › Book]. International Federation of Surveyors (FIG). Lemmen, C. H. J., Chipofya, M. C., Da Silva Mano, A., Kara, A., Ushiña Huera, D., van Oosterom, P. J. M., Kalogianni, E., Morscher-Unger, E.-M., Morales Guarin, J. M., Beck, A., Honer, S., Bennett, R. M., Dijkstra, P. & Zevenbergen, J. A.https://www.fig.net/resources/publications/figpub/LADM_extended/ladmpub_ext.asp

2024

Digital transformation solution for community land registers of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in South Darfur, Sudan (2024)Journal of Science and Space Technology, 10(10), 34-49. Article 10. Ahmed, H., Chipofya, M. C. & Todorovski, D.Customary Land Tenure in the LADM (2024)In 12th International FIG Workshop on LADM & 3D LA, 24-26 September 2024, Kuching, Malaysia. International Federation of Surveyors (FIG). Chipofya, M. C., Morales Guarin, J. M., Da Silva Mano, A. & Lemmen, C. H. J.https://www.gdmc.nl/3DCadastres/workshop2024/programme/3DLA2024_paper_F.pdfApplying the Land Administration Domain Model (LADM) for Integrated, Standardized, and Sustainable Development of Cadastre Country Profile for Pakistan (2024)Land, 13(6), 1-33. Article 883. Ahsan, M. S., Hussain, E., Lemmen, C. H. J., Chipofya, M. C., Zevenbergen, J. A., Atif, S., Morales Guarin, J. M., Koeva, M. N. & Ali, Z.https://doi.org/10.3390/land13060883Community Land Registers for Internally Displaced Persons, South Darfur, Sudan: ICT Solution (2024)In FIG Working Week 2024 (pp. 1-17). International Federation of Surveyors (FIG). Ahmed, H., Todorovski, D. & Chipofya, M. C.Deriving requirements for integrated and standardised cadastre profile from the legacy Board of Revenue and the contemporary land administration systems (2024)Survey review, 57(401), 99-119. Ahsan, M. S., Hussain, E., Lemmen, C. H. J., Zevenbergen, J. A., Atif, S., Chipofya, M. C., Ali, Z., Morales Guarin, J. M. & Koeva, M. N.https://doi.org/10.1080/00396265.2024.2351624Navigating the Terrain of Digital Transition: Ghana’s Journey of Developing a Digital Land Information System (2024)Land, 13(4), 1-28. Article 528. Ansah, R. O., Abubakari, Z., Quaye, B., Todorovski, D., Chipofya, M. C. & Lemmen, C.https://doi.org/10.3390/land13040528

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