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.
