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StreetMap@Singapore is a
basic online street directory service that provides the public with
basic information like buildings and road names. Users can do a
simple search using the following parameters: road name, address,
postal code, building or development name and the nearest MRT or LRT
station. Maps from StreetMap@Singapore can be downloaded for free
for personal and non-commercial uses. For example, users can utilize
these maps for their own personal invitation cards.
Associate Professor Ho
also updated the progress and enhancements of INLIS since its
inception in 1998. INLIS is as one of the more successful government
e-commerce sites; there are now 28 services from the initial 6, a
4-fold increase in services. This augurs good progress of SLA within
the last 5 years in its move toward becoming the leading land and
property information provider. Five years on, the number of
electronic transactions conducted via INLIS has increased
significantly in tandem with the growth of the Internet. The annual
INLIS transactions grew from about 3,900 in 1998 to 132,000 in 2005.
It is expected to achieve 30% increase this year. The yearly INLIS
transacted value increased correspondingly from $48,000 in its first
year to close to $2.35 million in 2005.
The other services added
in INLIS in 2006 are:-
1. Image of HDB Leases
2. Image of HDB Instruments
3. Image to Private Property Instruments
4. Image of Index to Caveat Book
5. Image of Index to Land Book
6. Image of Private Property Deeds.
7. Property Title Information ¨C Estate and Land Description
8. Property Title Information ¨C Encumbrances Information
9. Land Information ¨C Lot History
10. Historical Information
11. Caveat Index Information
12. SiReNT GPS data
Previously, customers
had to make their way down to the SLA counter personally to purchase
the images of the scanned documents, which was a time-consuming and
bothersome process. By making these documents available for sale on
the INLIS website, customers can purchase them in the comfort of
their own homes or offices, thereby saving them much time and
trouble.
Real estate agents,
lawyers, homebuyers, surveyors, engineers, architects and other
professionals and the larger public have benefited from the all the
available services on INLIS.
SLA Head of Land
Information Centre, Mr Lim Ming Khai said: ¡°SLA hopes that with the
provision of all these services including LandQuery and StreetMap@Singapore,
public service efficiency and productivity will be enhanced. To the
members of the public, it saves them fuss and time; all part of our
commitment to enhancing quality public service.¡±
The vision for INLIS is
for it to become the gateway to land information services across
various agencies to utilise land information, and to continually
improve land data¡¯s usefulness and accessibility. INLIS aims to make
it easier for residents and businesses to find and use quality land
information about Singapore.
The 2 services of
LandQuery and StreetMap@Singapore can be easily accessed through
http://www.inlis.gov.sg.
About SLA
Singapore Land Authority
(SLA) is a statutory board with the Ministry of Law. Its mission is
to optimise land resources for the economic and social development
of Singapore. SLA is responsible for the direct management of some
14,000 hectares of State land and 5,100 buildings. It is also in
charge of land sales, leases, acquisitions and allocation,
developing and marketing land-related information, and maintaining
the national land information database through digitised land
information services. SLA is also the national land registration
authority for property transactions, and the issuance and guarantee
of land titles in Singapore. It also manages and maintains the
national land survey system, including the defining of boundaries or
legal limits of properties based on a coordinated cadastre survey
system.
Source:
www.sla.gov.sg Press Release
22 Nov 2006
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