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Mittwoch, 19.02.2025
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GIS

  • Saudi Arabia: Jeddah Forum to Focus on GIS Technology

    The Jeddah Municipality is organizing on Nov. 14 a forum on the role of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in municipality services.

    GIS is an information system capable of integrating, storing, editing, analyzing, sharing and displaying geographic information. The technology, according to Abdullatif Al-Harthi, head of the GIS center at the Jeddah Municipality, can be used for scientific investigations, resource management, asset management, environmental impact assessment, urban planning, cartography, criminology, history, sales, marketing and logistics.

  • Schleswig-Holstein: Kreis Segeberg: Mit einem Klick alles wissen

    Bürger klicken sich ins Behördennetz ein

    Wer an Verwaltungen denkt, hat oft Aktenberge und lange Amtswege im Sinn. Mit dem Einsatz von Computern und Netzwerken muss die Arbeit doch schneller gehen, sagten sich 120 Experten aus Politik, Verwaltung und Wirtschaft während einer Fachtagung in Bad Segeberg. Und zogen ein ernüchterndes Fazit. Die Sache ist recht komplex, der Datenaustausch funktioniert noch lange nicht reibungslos.

  • Schweiz: Freie Fahrt auf der Geodaten-Autobahn: Swiss Engineering STV unterzeich

    Swiss Engineering STV unterzeichnet als erster Berufsverband die Charta e-geo.ch und engagiert sich damit aktiv für den Aufbau einer nationalen Geodaten-Infrastruktur. Die Unterzeichner der Charta e-geo.ch verpflichten sich, Massnahmen zu unterstützen, mit denen der vernetzte Einsatz von Geoinformationen gefördert und deren grosses volkswirtschaftliches Potenzial ausgeschöpft werden kann.

  • Schweiz: Zürich: Amtliche Vermessung im Internet

    Die Stadt Zürich baut die eGovernment-Dienstleistungen aus. Nach einem umfangreichen Pilotbetrieb sind die Daten der amtlichen Vermessung flächendeckend über die ganze Stadt Zürich im Internet verfügbar.

    Für diese dritte Etappe des Projektes «Daten der amtlichen Vermessung im Internet» hat der Zürcher Stadtrat laut einer Mitteilung der Stadtkanzlei 131'000 Franken genehmigt.

  • Singapore pushes for greater GIS collaboration

    The Singapore Land Authority (SLA) and Nanyang Polytechnic (NYP) signed an agreement yesterday that will push for greater collaboration on geospatial education, training and research and development.The partnership will enable both organisations to tap into each other’s expertise and resources in promoting the use of GIS in Singapore.

    As part of the agreement, SLA will also be awarding a SLA Geospatial Scholarship annually starting next year up to 2015 to deserving final year students in the Geospatial and Mobile Innovation specialization track under the Diploma in Information Technology Programme in NYP’s School of Information Technology (SIT).

  • South Africa: Johannesburg: GIS for all seasons

    Four seasons was the theme of GIS Day, which the City directorate used to explain the ins and outs of the technology and its applications.

    Education had a light-hearted sidekick when the City’s corporate geo-informatics (CGIS) directorate hosted the annual GIS Day at the Metro Centre in Braamfontein.

    CGIS used the global event, on 17 November, as an exciting way of teaching the public about what it does and how it does it. CGIS staff and their offices were dressed up according to the theme, which was “Four seasons … all year round”. Each season represented a specific area of expertise within the department.

  • Taiwan develops Spatial Decision Support System

    Taiwan GIS Centre, the country’s premiere GIS “think tank” is developing its web-based spatial decision support system on the Government Cloud, which would enable the central and local government, private industries, and the general public to access spatial information through various medium such as the internet and mobile phones.

    Chih-Hong Sun, Director of the Taiwan GIS Centre (TGIC) told Futuregov Asia Pacific that the TGIC is developing an application portal that would use a Spatial Decision Support System (SDSS) to enable better reusing, sharing, and managing of spatial information.

  • Taiwan launches cloud-based map of municipal works

    The Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Research Centre of Feng Chia University in Taiwan, has successfully completed Taiwan’s first municipal works cloud-based map platform, which will allow city government officials and policy makers to have a clear picture of the city’s major construction projects.

    The platform, which was commissioned by the Taichung City Government, will integrate the city’s digital map libraries including urban planning and cadastral map libraries, and will allow users to browse records concerning the city’s major construction projects and tenders.

    The project made use of Google Earth Enterprise cloud technology and Google historical image browsing technology to allow users to access their own private “Earth” to search and browse city government map layers in 3-D.

  • TH: Satellite Data Centre for disaster management

    The Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency (GISTDA) and the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) has teamed up to establish a Geo-Informatics Operation System and Satellite Data Centre as a response to the problems posed by Thailand’s worst flooding in decades.

    The data centre will make use of modern Geo-Informatics technology in order for concerned government authorities to make well-informed decisions during times of natural calamities.

    The MOST, Hydro and Agro Informatics Institute, Royal Irrigation Department, Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation, are among the many agencies that are actively making use of satellite image maps from GISTDA as a significant tool for monitoring the effects of the recent disaster.

  • Thailand to launch NSDI Portal by 2012

    The Thai government has laid plans to launch the country’s National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI) portal by 2012 which will serve as the national gateway for spatial information and pave the way towards “Spatially Enabling” Thailand.

    Dr. Chaowalit Silapathong, Director of the Geo-Informatics office at the Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency (GISTDA), told FutureGov Asia Pacific that upon the project’s inception, the portal will act as a repository of metadata generated by data producers which will gradually provide services such as access to metadata of the Fundamental Geographic Data Set (FGDS) and well as other spatial data in the country.

  • Thailand to set up new mapping database

    Deputy Premier Plodprasop Suraswadi revealed plans to set up a THB140-billion (USD 4.7 billion) mapping database using a 1:4,000 scale in a bid to centralise the use standardised maps in government agencies.

    According to Suraswadi, the system will support key projects such as the THB 350-billion (US11.7 billion) Water Management scheme and the THB2.2 trillion (USD 73 billion) large-scale infrastructure project. In addition, the system will also improve efforts on improving precision farming and forest and land management.

  • Thailand to spend US$65 mil on digitising land parcels

    Department of Lands (DOL) under Ministry of Interior, Thailand will continue its ongoing “Cadastral Information Systems (CIS) project in digitising title of 32 provinces, with approved fiscal budget of THB 2 billion (US$ 65 million) in 2013, said DOL Deputy Director General and CIO Thammasak Chana.

    The CIS project will convert and transfer the title deeds of 14 million land parcels of 32 provinces from paper-based documents to digital data by leveraging and integrating ICT, MIS and GIS technology. The land parcels across the country will be optimised and managed under two schemes: data centre and a national map.

  • Thailand: Nationwide GIS on the way

    The country will get its first nationwide geographic information system (GIS) by the end of the year, which will provide a detailed digital map of the country's resources and allow for better management across government agencies.

    Previously various government departments had their own GIS systems that were largely incompatible.

    The national project was initiated by Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra as part of plans for e-government and for better management of natural resources.

  • TW: Taipei improves emergency response with GIS

    In a bid to improve the city’s emergency response capability, the Taipei City Fire Department developed a GIS-based Incident Command System which will provide first responders with critical information needed to efficiently carry out rescue operations.

    The system provides a user-friendly interface which integrates spatial information crucial for the city’s Emergency Dispatch Centre to manage and mobilise rescue operations. This includes information derived from digital maps, building and block maps, aerial photographs and water resource maps among others.

  • UAE: Dude, where's my car?

    The Ras Al-Khaimah e-government authority (EGA) has selected the India-based Navayuga group to implement an enterprise geographic information system (GIS) for Ras Al-Khaimah.

    The GIS, commonly used as a navigational aid by drivers, is expected to go live throughout the emirate within the next 18 months.

  • UAE: Excellence Award in GIS for Abu Dhabi Systems and Information Centre

    Abu Dhabi Systems and Information Centre (ADSIC), the steward of the Abu Dhabi Spatial Data Infrastructure (AD-SDI), was awarded for 'Special Achievement in GIS' during the GIS Award Ceremony at the 40th ESRI International User Conference on July 15, 2009.

    Thousands of organizations worldwide were nominated for the "Special Achievement in GIS" award. ADSIC was recognized for setting precedents throughout the GIS community and making an extraordinary contribution to the global society.

  • UK council e-government becomes spatially aware

    South Somerset District Council, in the south west of England (home of The Wise Marketer), has implemented a Geospatial Data Management Solution from Intergraph as part of its Customers First e-government programme in order to link spatial (mapping) information with corporate systems to help improve citizen services.

  • UK: Accurate data for 2005 e-government targets

    Laser-Scan, in conjunction with its partner GDC, is running a programme to help local authorities prepare their data for efficient and effective use throughout their organisations, a necessary step on the road to achieving e-government targets by 2005.

  • UK: Ambulances to benefit from geographic information

    Every ambulance trust in England is to benefit from greater access to Ordnance Survey’s most detailed digital geographic information (GI) from this month. It follows the launch of a pilot agreement aimed at encouraging the use of computerised mapping across the NHS. The plan is to ensure health providers have the reliable information they need to improve patient care while making the most efficient possible use of their resources.

  • UK: Council puts South Tyneside on the map

    Council information maps out the e-government agenda on the Tyne

    South Tyneside Council has mapped a clear path to meeting e-government targets by making council information and maps widely available via the web. It has implemented iShareMaps, a web-based mapping system from Aligned Assets, who supplied the Council's previous geographical information systems (GIS).

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