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.
