GIS

National cartography of Peru to be digitized

The National Geographic Institute (IGN), the mapping agency of Peru, has launched a project for digitisation of national cartography. The idea of the project is to have a high precision data in order to contribute to the growth of public and private investments that can benefit from this updated mapping information. The institute is looking at generating a basic cartography scale 1/25, 000 of Moquegua and Tacna Departments. www.ign.gob.pe/

Geo data online in a German State

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, a federal state in north Germany is planning to implement “Municipal Geo-information System” in all its municipalities. The aim is to create an online portal to provide geodata collected through local government’s GIS system. Currently, the local government has data on land-use plans, road cadastre, land registry tree etc. It can be seen with reference to population and economic indicators. Once the data is put online, it will open up the possibility of meeting the INSPIRE Directive and EU regulations for spatial information in the European Union.

Indonesia promotes use of GIS for economic development

The Ministry for Development of Disadvantaged Regions is working together with the Geospatial Information Agency (formerly known as BAKOSURTANAL); Indonesia to support the development of several key sectors and industries in some of the country’s most disadvantaged areas. The agency will be providing its expertise to promote the use of geospatial information to pump prime sectors such as agriculture, mining, energy, marine, tourism and telecommunications. www.futuregov.asia

Mapping a healthy future for SA children

With nearly a quarter of South Australian children overweight or obese, SA Health, in partnership with the state’s local governments tackling the issue by developing community awareness and education policies, programs partnerships and infrastructure. Key to this strategy is the Obesity Prevention and Lifestyle (OPAL) program, which supports children’s health through educating their families and communities. Part of the OPAL program is an eight year evaluation which uses GIS technology to monitor and analyse existing infrastructure, environments and resources – such as playgrounds and recreation facilities – to better target state and local governments’ policy and intervention efforts. http://esriaustralia.com.au

Poland to implement Geoportal 2

The Head Office of Geodesy and Cartography of Poland is getting ready to implement Geoportal 2. The main goal of the project is to provide citizens, businesses and public administration access to government registers, which contain high quality, current and reliable data. As a result of the project, services related to spatial data will also be enabled.

Atlas Qatar ranked first at Esri UC

Atlas Qatar and its digital publication were ranked first in the world during the International Conference of GIS, organized by the Esri in San Diego, USA. The Ministry of Development Planning & Statistics (MDPS) participated in this conference with its up-to-date publications, Atlas Qatar and Digital Atlas, which were developed and drafted using the latest techniques of GIS. www.gulf-times.com

Ghana is developing national spatial planning framework

Ghana is developing a National Spatial Development Framework to guide the provision of amenities and facilities in the various districts and regions in the country, said Mr Richard Geier, Manager of the Framework Programme, recently. He said the framework would facilitate a balanced redistribution of urban population, adding that, “it would enable development planners to know which districts are under-served and those that are overserved in terms of the development of infrastructure and distribution of amenities”. He called for the enactment of legislation on land use spatial planning, to strengthen the legal framework for land use. www.ghanaweb.com

Johor to map out rural roads digitally

Johor will be the first state in Malaysia to map out over 5,000 kilometres of its rural road network digitally to update and improve their management. The project will be carried out by Infra Desa Johor Sdn Bhd (IDJSB), a state-owned company that is responsible for the maintenance of these roads, and Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM). IDJSB shall use the expertise of the lecturers and students of UTM’s Faculty of Geoinformation and Real Estate. www.nst.com.my

First GPU-Accelerated Platform for Geospatial Int Analysts launched

NVIDIA has launched the NVIDIA® GeoInt Accelerator™ to enable security analysts to find actionable insights quicker and more accurately than ever before from vast quantities of raw data, images and video. It provides defense and homeland security analysts with tools that enable faster processing of high-resolution satellite imagery, facial recognition in surveillance video, combat mission planning using GIS data, and object recognition in video collected by drones. www.nvidia.com

Federal Security Geospatial Portal launched in UAE

Major General Ahmed Nasser Al Raisi, Director General of Central Operations, launched the first edition of the Federal Security Geospatial Portal, the firstof- its-kind in the region in terms of its institutional characteristics and its comprehensiveness of implementation. The portal includes tens of police and digital maps that are designed and developed internally through idea exchange and efforts made by international experts in the fields of GIS. The portal’s aim is to serve over 18 security and police entities, and police stations at the UAE level.