Introduction 
The development of the Land And Survey Information System (LASIS) was initiated in 1984 when the Chief Minister of Sarawak, Yang Amat Berhormat Datuk Patinggi Taib Mahmud, assigned Yang Berhormat Datuk Dr. George Chan, as the Chairman of the State Computerization Committee to look into computerization in the Land and Survey Department. 

LASIS was officially launched for use in the Land and Survey Department Headquarters and its 11 divisional offices state-wide on the 6 April 2010 in Mukah by Yang Amat Berhormat Pehin Sri Haji Abdul Taib Mahmud, Chief Minister of Sarawak.

System Overview

Land and Survey Department Sarawak is a multi-functional organization and its core businesses are surveying and mapping; land administration and land registry; town and country planning and valuation services. The challenge is to develop a land information system to support land administration and management which integrates land tenure, land value, land use and land development supported by land information infrastructure of cadastral and topographic data. Leveraging on ICT, Land and Survey Department Sarawak developed an enterprise land information system, LASIS (Land And Survey Information System).

The objective of LASIS is to improve the service delivery system and transform the working culture of Land and Survey Department. The successful implementation of LASIS is a milestone for the Land and Survey Department and the State of Sarawak.

LASIS Application System Integration Diagram

LASIS consists of two (2) main components. The first component is its production systems catering for core businesses of the Land and Survey Department such as land surveying, maintenance of cadastral maps, maintenance of aerial photographs and orthophotos, registration of titles and land instruments and collection of state revenues related to land.  The application systems are:

• Survey Computation System (SCS) and Electronic Field Book (eBook)
• Cadastral Mapping System (CMS)
• Aerial Photograph Information System (APIS)
• Title Registration System (TRS)
• Revenue System (RVS)

The second component is its land administration and management systems which aimed to enhance the efficiency in land administration and land management to improve the service delivery of the Department.  The processing of land applications are now expedited through breaking down physical barriers via on-line digital transmission.  Land applications can now be processed and decisions conveyed on-line without physical documents as comprehensive information is now available anytime for fast decision making. The application systems are:

• Land Administration & Adjudication System (LAAS)
• Valuation Information System (VIS)
• Planning Information System (PLIS)