| September 2007 |
| NEWSBRIEFS – GIS |
GIS to fi ght dengue
epidemic in Bangkok |
Authorities in Bangkok are resorting to
a GIS to ease the dengue epidemic in
the Thai capital. According to Bangkok
governor, a longer rainy season and
changing temperatures have favored the
breeding of the mosquito that transmit the
fatal disease. He added, the GIS will help
the city officials to find critical epidemic
areas. www.allheadlinenews.com |
| Gaia 3 enhances interoperability
of NSDI environment initiative |
Gaia 3 software, Carbon Project has
been selected for 2007 National Spatial
Data Infrastructure (NSDI) Cooperative
Agreement Program (CAP) under a project
grant called “Framework NSDI and
Beyond”. The Project is a collaborative
effort between the North Carolina Dept.
of Environment and Natural Resources
(NC DENR), the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA), CubeWerx,
The Carbon Project and the geoLeaders
Network.
www.TheCarbonProject.com |
| Survey for GIS map of
Indore city begins |
Indore will be among the few cities of
India where GIS technology is being
implemented wherein all the available
infrastructure of the city its property,
roads, water, sewage lines, main holes etc.
can be identified separately on the map
after being surveyed. Survey using DGPS
will be carried out at as many as 42 places
in the city. Corporation sources informed
that the city will soon have computerized
geographical map which will be based on
GIS. M/s Ispect System Private shall carry
out the survey.
www.centralchronicle.com |
| C3S, GIS and surveillance
cameras for Dhaka |
To enhance traffic management
and effective crime control, Dhaka
Metropolitan Police has decided to install
the digital surveillance system for traffic
management and crime control, setting
up a unified control room. Under this
initiative, 155 sophisticated surveillance cameras will be installed at 59 points in
the capital, including its nine entrances and
exits. It will facilitate the law enforcers
with Automatic Vehicle Location (AVL)
system with GIS.
www.cctvcore.co.uk |
| Police force puts crime on the map |
South Yorkshire Police has implemented
crime mapping technology using intranet
mapping service (IMS) based on a GIS.
It gives all members of the force access
to crime and anti-social behaviour
information. Police analysts produce
the latest neighbourhood crime trends
and resource allocation data using the
Crime Analyst technology. IMS will
give police officers direct access to
the results up to 20 times faster than
making a traditional manual request
as the data is refreshed on the IMS
every two weeks.
www.vnunet.com |
| Land, Maritime, Air
Transportation and Clearance
Information at a Glance |
 |
The National
Logistics
Information
Center
will be
established to manage overall land,
maritime, and air transportation by
connecting individual logistics |
information
network across the nation in Korea.
The Ministry of Construction and
Transportation has consulted with related
Ministries and private companies on
specific plans involving other stakeholders
of logistics industry, academia, research
institutes, and other experts. As for
logistics information, database has
been built up by individual organization
or sector as the current database has
limitations in providing information
on the entire logistics flow, and lack
interconnection among various sectors.
The project will be completed in five years.
http://www.moct.go.kr/EngHome/News/ |
| Global digital geology map |
Geoscience Australia is collaborating
with similar organisations from more
than 40 countries to begin an ambitious geological mapping programs ever
undertaken, titled One Geology. It will
provide internet access to the most upto-
date, worldwide geological map data
at a scale of 1:1 million as part of the
International Year of the Planet Earth
program.
lesley.wyborn@ga.gov.au |
| ADB presents Village Development
Plans of Aceh Province |
The Asian Development Bank presented
a set of Village Development Plans to
the Governor of Aceh Province recently.
These plans provide a framework for
housing and infrastructure reconstruction
as per guidelines issued by the Badan
Rehabilitasi dan Rekonstruksir. ADB
is providing $15 million for spatial
planning technical assistance in
Aceh and Nias following the 2004
Tsunami and March 2005 earthquake.
www.adb.org/Documents/News/ |
| Newcastle And The Central
Coast Of Australia Now In
Living Colour (Include in GIS) |
Earthinsite.com, Australia has released
free on-line access to high resolution
colour aerial photography of Newcastle,
and the whole of the Central Coast area
of Australia.This new photography,
has a spatial resolution of 10cm for
the urban areas and 20cm for the rural
areas - one of the highest resolutions
offered on the web worldwide. Quality
is 36 times better than Google Earth. |
| United Arab Emirates -
Hydrographic Survey |
The United Kingdom Hydrographic Office
has been contracted by the Military Survey
Department of the UAE to advise and assist
on the planning and management of the
Hydrographic Survey of their Territorial
Waters. The project shall improve the
safety of navigation and enhance the
protection of their environment through
the provision of modern high quality
hydrographic data. The survey area
encompasses up to 30,000km2. The large
areas of the survey will be completed with
airborne systems, supported by surface
units. robert.
wilson@ukho.gov.uk |
| September
2007 |
