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.
