Dubai
E-Guide
Dubai
Municipality has launched an e-guide for
Dubai, which allows Internet users to locate
places in the emirate through an Internet
browser.
The
launch of the new service, which is available
at www.gis.gov.ae, comes as part
of the e-government programme of the civic
body.
Qassim
Sultan, Director-General of Dubai Municipality,
called the new e-venture a revolution in
the Geographical Information Systems (GIS)
sector s the service could be availed by
all the local departments, government establishments,
general public and tourists from any part
of the world.
"This
will help streamline procedures of a number
of government departments with respect to
the GIS," Mr. Sultan said, while addressing
a Press Conference organized to announce
the launch of the e-guide.
The
Press Conference was also attended by Hussein
Nasser Lootah, Assistant Director-General
of the Municipality for Environment and
Public Health Affairs and Head of the e-government
committee at the civic body, and Mohammed
Al Zafin, Director of the GIS Centre, Dubai
e-guide is the first official site for locating
activities, facilities and services in the
emirate of Dubai including landmarks and
historical sites.
It
is of great help in locating government
facilities and utilities with information
including addresses and images of major
landmarks. Locating places can be done in
three ways: Guided Search (by selecting
the name of the place), Address Search (by
keying in the building number and road number
or name in addition to community number
or name) and Map Search (by defining an
area and then searching within the specified
distance).
The
Dubai e-guide can also be used for printing
maps and measuring distance between places.
There is a zoom in and zoom out facility
on the site for the maps.
