The management of a large institution estate, either public or private, with capabilities to administer its transformation, plays an essential role since it is imperative that it is fully aware of which properties it owns, their location and the existing legal limitations to successfully manage them.
This investigation establishes, in a first stage, a territorial analysis methodology, which in a second stage is used to build the data architecture of a software prototype for an institution of this kind, based on a Geographic Information System platform.
This GIS application manages the cartographic information, either produced in-house or externally hosted, and its alphanumeric associated data. It allows the calculation of the development potential through several subroutines developed for the software used which consider, among other variables, the current planning, the ownership structure and the legal limitations. Another goal is the generation of tailor-made reports, for which some additional software development is made.
This GIS for real estate management becomes a software tool capable of integrating scattered information into one single system. This system uses the geospatial component that is inherent to Geographical Information Systems as a link between this information, and it is capable of locating the properties in the territory and manage them visually through a map viewer. The software developed offers novel insights on the discipline of Territorial Planning and specifically for large land management institutions that need to efficiently control their estate.